* Her freedom, opportunity for vital information – Buhari
* Boko Haram on the run – Shettima
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government will take over the education of Amina Ali, one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls found.
The president gave the assurance on Thursday when Amina, her baby and mother were brought to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“For the continuation of Amina’s education so abruptly disrupted will definitely be a property of the federal government. Amina must be able go back to school,” he said.
According to Buhari, “Nobody in Nigeria should be put through the brutality of forced marriage. Every girl has a right to education and choice of life.”
The president also assured that his administration would continue to do everything possible to rescue other Chibok girls still in Boko Haram’s captivity.
President Buhari said Amina’s rescue gave the government new hope and offered a unique opportunity for vital information, praying “May Allah crown our efforts with success.”
Buhari said though he was delighted that Amina had regained her freedom, his feeling was “stint with deep sadness and horrors the girl had had to go through at such an early stage in her life.”
“Amina will get the best care that the Nigerian government can afford. We’ll ensure that she gets the best medical, emotional and whatever care that she requires to get full recovery and be integrated into the society. Yesterday, medical personnel from government and other NGOs examined her for a total of about five hours; trauma experts from UNICEF also met her.
“The federal government will assist the Murtala Mohammed Foundation which has already been providing support for the families of the missing Chibok girls and which runs a trauma and counseling facility in Kano will also be involved in the ongoing work with Amina in monitoring her progress and any additional support she requires,” Buhari said.
Borno State Governor Kassim Shettima said Buhari’s patience, persistence, perseverance and doggedness for the restoration of peace in the northeast had started yielding results.
“We have to put things in proper perspective. One year ago, nobody could venture out of Maiduguri beyond 15 kilometers. Maiduguri was on the verge of falling into the hands of demented monsters called Boko Haram. We were under siege until God, in His infinite mercies, intervened with your emergence as president…The abduction of the Chibok girls was the point the world woke up from her slumber when the conscience of the world got pricked,” he said.
The governor who thanked the president for his efforts in the northeast, said: “Boko Haram insurgents are now on the defensive and on the run.”