missing Chibok girls from Sambisa Forest because they
are trying to get them out alive, without causing harm to
them.
Speaking yesterday, July 3 with Leadership in Abuja, the
director of information at the Defence Headquarters,
Major General Chris Olukolade said they are working to
get the girls back alive in the best way possible.
"To the best of our knowledge, they are still accessible. If
we tried to force our way in, they may be killed. If we
force our way there, they will kill them. This is what we
want to avoid at all cost; rescue operations of that nature
should not be done in a hurry. Sambisa (forest) is not
impenetrable. But let me say it here: they mined almost
everywhere around where they are keeping these girls ,"
he said.
He explained that some elements were trying to
politicise the operation of the Military but they would not
e drawn into politics.
Speaking about the N130 billion given to the military as
part of funding for counter-insurgency operation,
Olukolade said not the whole amount of some amount
were for salaries of privates and officers, including their
pension, adding that if Nigerians knew the details of how
the money was being spent, they would commend the
military for being prudent.
He therefore appealed to the media and the people of
Nigeria to try as much as possible to protect the military
which belong to all irrespective of their religious and
political persuasions.
It would be recalled that after Boko Haram abducted
more than 200 girlsfrom Government Secondary School,
Chibok, Borno State during a night raid, the Federal
government started making efforts to find the girls and
bring them home alive.
In May, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex
Badeh, had stated that the Nigerian security leadership
had located where members of Boko Haram were
holding the abducted girls but that would not use force
to rescue the girls in order to prevent the terrorists from
killing them.
Sources: Leadership
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