B B C Breaking News: Nigeria & Boko Haram ' Agree On Ceasefire & Release of 200 + Nigerian School Girls! (628 hits)
17 October 2014 Nigeria's military says it has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram - and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released.
Nigeria's chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, announced the truce. Boko Haram has not made a public statement.
The group has been fighting an insurgency since 2009, with some 2,000 civilians reportedly killed this year.
Boko Haram sparked global outrage six months ago by abducting more than 200 schoolgirls.
The girls were seized in the north-eastern town of Chibok in Borno state, and their continued captivity has led to criticism of the Nigerian government's efforts to secure their release.
Members of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign said in a tweet on Friday: "We are monitoring the news with huge expectations."
'Cautiously optimistic'
Air Chief Marshal Badeh revealed the truce at the close of a three-day security meeting between Nigeria and Cameroon. He said Nigerian soldiers would comply with the agreement. ...
Hopefully they will follow through with the release. I wonder what the government's concessions were though, and does this mean Boko Haram has given up it's plans for an Islamic state?
Saturday, October 18th 2014 at 7:13AM
Steve Williams
