Former President talks about chibok girls

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun
Obasanjo has said some of the over 200
Chibok school girls kidnapped in Borno state may never come back home for some reasons

Obasanjo made this statement, yesterday
Ocotber 5 while speaking at the Hausa service
of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
He said: “I believe that some of them will
never return. We will still be hearing about
them many years from now, some will give
birth to children of the Boko Haram members,
but if they cannot take care of them in the
forest, they may release them.” Obasanjo said.
Chibok School Girls
It would be recalled that the Chibok girls were
kidnapped by the dreaded Boko Haram sect on
April 14 in Borno state.
While there are reports that some of the girls
escaped, quite a large number of them are
reportedly still being held captives.

Meanwhile fresh reports recently emerged that
the International Committee of the Red Cross
and the Nigerian government are holding
secret talks with the dreaded Boko Haram sect
to swap some of the Boko Haram prisoners for
the abducted Chibok girls, UK Telegraph
reports.

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