President Muhammadu Buhari on September 21, 2016 in New York during the US-Africa summit on the sidelines of the UN 71st General Assembly
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President Muhammadu Buhari has invited intermediaries from the United Nations to begin the process of swapping the abducted Chibok girls with Boko Haram fighters, the Presidency said in a statement to TheSimonAtebaNews on Thursday, adding that the move represents a show of commitment from the President.
“As a show of commitment to swapping the abducted schoolgirls from Chibok with Boko Haram fighters in custody, President Muhammadu Buhari has told the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, that Nigeria would welcome intermediaries from the global body,” said spokesman Femi Adesina.
Mr. Adesina said Mr. Buhari extended his invitation during a bilateral meeting with the UN scribe on the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly in New York.
President Buhari said the Nigerian government was willing to bend over backwards, to get the Chibok girls released from captivity.
“The challenge is in getting credible and bona fide leadership of Boko Haram to discuss with,” the President said, adding that, “The split in the insurgent group is not helping matters. Government had reached out, ready to negotiate, but it became difficult to identify credible leaders. We will welcome intermediaries such as UN outfits, to step in.”
The President reiterated that the teachings of Boko Haram were far from being Islamic, as neither Islam, nor any other religion, advocates hurting the weak and innocent.
“The fact that they kill men, women, children, and other people wantonly, and shout Allahu Akbar (God is great) shows that they do not know that Allah at all. If they did, they would not shed innocent blood,” President Buhari said.