17 Oct 2014

Boko Haram-Federal Government Confirms Ceasefire

The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed stories in the media, which claim that the country had reached a ceasefire with militant group, Boko Haram.

Reports of a ceasefire were all over the media this afternoon, with different media houses claiming an agreement had been reached.

Confirming various reports, especially as it affects the kidnapped Chibok girls, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe on Friday said:

“There are some concessions that the Federal has agreed with the sect but I am not going to mention them. But we want cessation of insurgency and the safe return of the Chibok girls. We are on the path of achieving these,” Okupe said.

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