Vice President Yemi Osinbajo after receiving the 21 Chibok girls on Thursday night where they are being recuperated at the Department of State Services (DSS) medical centre located along Airport Road, Abuja said the Federal government would do everything possible to secure the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls.
He also stood on the grounds that the Federal government did not do a swap deal contrary to insinuation that government exchanged four Boko Haram members in its detention facility to secure the release of the girls.
Osinbajo said the Swiss government aided the negotiations and debunked speculations that the Red Cross Society aided government in securing the release of the girls.
Osinbajo said the Swiss government aided the negotiations and debunked speculations that the Red Cross Society aided government in securing the release of the girls.
He said all what the renowned international humanitarian organisation did was to provide medical assistance to the girls at the point when they were released to government.
He revealed that only one out of the 21 girls had a baby.
The VP said; “There was no swap of any kind. Even when we started negotiations, we said we will consider all options available to us. Absolutely, there was no exchange of any kind this time.
“But we must be sensitive to the fact that the government wants these girls back and alive, again, we must balance it against the security and safety of the country,”.
He revealed that only one out of the 21 girls had a baby.
The VP said; “There was no swap of any kind. Even when we started negotiations, we said we will consider all options available to us. Absolutely, there was no exchange of any kind this time.
“But we must be sensitive to the fact that the government wants these girls back and alive, again, we must balance it against the security and safety of the country,”.
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