Tinubu charges Buhari, Army to locate, liberate remaining 179 Chibok girls

Senator Bola Tinubu has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for the Nigerian army’s Operation Lafiya Dole troops’ final capture of Boko Haram’s Camp Zero located in the heart of Sambisa Forest.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, also commended Nigerian soldiers over the capture of the Sambisa Forest from Boko Haram and charged them to now locate and liberate the remaining Chibok schoolgirls.

This was contained in statement released Sunday by his media office.

“I congratulate the nation, President Buhari and the army for crushing Boko Haram in their last stronghold of Sambisa Forest. I congratulate the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole for their bravery and resilience. They have given the nation a most wonderful Christmas gift.

“I know the insurgents were engaged in their last desperate acts and merely clutching to their last straw. Now they have been put down. Terror will have no place in our land. The end is here.

“I commend the troops. I thank them again for their courage and bravery. It’s time to finish the job and locate and liberate the remaining Chibok schoolgirls abducted from their school in 2014.

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“As we sink ourselves in the Christmas celebration, let us remember to pray for the troops. Let us remember that for them, there was no Christmas.

“Let us also spare a thought for the Internally Displaced Persons. We must support them and give them hope,” the statement reads.

276 Chibok schoolgirls were in April 2014 abducted by Boko Haram militants. 57 of them escaped immediately in 2014, and one was found later ànd 21 released in October, leaving 197 still in captivity.

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