There may be hope around the corner for the release of the over 200 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok Borno State, as there are reports of preliminary talks between the Presidency and some leaders of Boko Haram, The Nation reports.
According to the report, the new deal is being brokered by some confidants of the Presidency and the sect, with indications that some key commanders of Boko Haram in detention are also eager to be part of the initiative.
The new posturing, according to the report, came amid security reports that about 500 insurgents in a neighboring country are interested in renouncing terrorism – in line with the reconciliatory agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari, though the President is said to be cautious in rushing at the new offer from some leaders of the sect to avoid what a source described as the “costly mistakes of the past administration of ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan.
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