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Presidential Fact-Finding Committee Interacts With Foreign Officials

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The Presidential Fact-finding Committee on the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, today interacted with officials of some countries that have pledged support to efforts by the Nigerian Government to secure the release of the abducted schoolgirls.

 

The interaction, lasting hours, took place in Abuja. It covered issues within the terms of reference of the Fact-finding Committee.

 

Welcoming the officials, Chairman of the Fact-finding Committee, Gen. Ibrahim Sabo (rtd), thanked them and their governments for obliging to back the Federal Government in its bid to free the abducted schoolgirls. He said the global response to the abduction was a reflection of our common humanity. In response, the officials expressed their enthusiasm in joining the search for, and freedom for the schoolgirls.

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The Committee is scheduled to have further interactions with Defence and Security agencies, with a view to ascertaining the veracity of speculations that had been making the rounds in the weeks since the abduction on April 14.

 

Also, representatives of Borno State Government, who were unavailable at the Committee’s inauguration last week by President Goodluck Jonathan, attended the Committee’s session today, and are due to participate in all activities of the Committee.

 

Kingsley Osadolor

Member/Spokesperson for the Presidential Fact-finding Committee

12th May, 2014

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