The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has assured Nigerians that the army will soon rescue the Chibok school girls that were abducted in Borno state by members of Boko Haram.
Speaking to news men at the commissioning of a nursery and primary school built by the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), One Division chapter in Kaduna State, General Buratai said that the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the volatile region would ensure the release of the abducted Chibok girls and others kidnapped by the Boko Haram insurgents.
The army chief who said that over 20,000 people kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorists have so far been rescued since he assumed office, stressed that the military is determined to completely flush out the terrorists from Nigeria.
General Buratai appealed to the public to always avail the military or any nearby security agency of any useful information that would lead to the continued success in the counter-insurgency war. [myad]
