Chibok girls: Comments from Defence Chief reassuring – Group

Grand Alliance Against Terrorism (GAAT), an Abuja-based NGO, has commended the military’s search for the abducted Chibok girls, saying comments from the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) were reassuring.

Ariyo Atoye, Secretary-General of the alliance, made these remarks in Abuja on Tuesday at a rally to pray for the release of the girls.

According to him, we have reassuring news from the CDS that they have sighted where the girls are kept, and this alone is cheering news.

He appealed to Nigerians not to distract the military in its effort to rescue and bring the girls home safely,

“The military is better equipped to rescue the girls and no one should see them as being incompetent.”

“Winning the war against Boko Haram is a collective responsibility, everybody must be involved in this fight,” he said

He added that the best news every Nigerian would want to hear now was that the girls had been rescued.

The group, however, took time to condemn the activities of Boko Haram.

Atoye said to defeat terrorism required collective efforts, and that it was not enough for Boko Haram to release the girls but they must put an end to terrorism in the country.

NAN reports that the group led hundreds of women, youths and secondary school students to pray for the safe return of the girls.

Gloria Timothy, a student of Junior Secondary School, Galadimawa, appealed to Boko Haram sect to have a change of heart and release the girls as a gift to children celebrating children’s day this month all over the world.

She called on members of the sect to embrace peace to foster national development and progress.