Boko Haram: How we should thank Buhari for release of UNIMAID lecturers, others - Senator

macfranc007 February 11, 2018 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian newspapers 24/7 Nurudeen Lawal

- Senator Ali Ndume expressed gratitude to President Buhari for the release of the three UNIMAID lecturers and the policewomen abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents last year

- He said the better way for the people of Borno to appreciate the president is to vote for him in 2019

- He also said that the release of the lecturers has rekindled the hope that the remaining Chibok girls and other civilians in Boko Haram captivity will soon regain their freedom

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing the Southern Borno Senatorial District, has said that the people of Borno and northeast have no better way to thank President Muhammadu Buhari than to give him massive votes come 2019.

The lawmaker said the president deserves to be re-elected based on his successful negotiation that led to the release of the three UNIMAID lecturers and 10 police women abducted last year by Boko Haram at different locations in Borno state.

In a statement he issued on Saturday, February 10, Ndume said the release of the 13 abductees has rekindled his people’s hope on the rescue of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls and other people in Boko Haram captivity, Leadership reports.

He said: "It is with great delight that I receive the gladdening news about the release of the ten abducted women as well as the three geological scientists from the University of Maiduguri, who were abducted by Boko Haram in July last year.

“This news has not only gladden our hearts but has also renewed our hope that other abducted persons, including the remaining Chibok schoolgirls who are still in captivity, would, in due course, regain their freedom by the grace of God.

“I, on behalf of the good people of southern Borno senatorial district and indeed the government and people of Borno state in general, commend all the actors that partook in the latest negotiated release of our women and lecturers.

“I specifically commend the leadership of the President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping faith with his promise of ensuring that all abducted persons, especially the Chibok schoolgirls, will be released.

“I also thank the ICRC and our military personnel as well as other security agencies who had contributed in one way or the other to see that this great feat is achieved.

PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 news app

“We in Borno state have no better way to express our gratitude to Mr President than to give him our assurances of support and massive votes come 2019”.

NAIJ.com previously reported that the three lecturers of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) and policewomen abducted by Boko Haram the terrorist group in Magumeri and Damboa road, near Maiduguri, Borno state had been released.

This was made known in a series of tweets on Saturday, February 10, by the senior special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, on his official and verified handle.

Their release was said to have followed a series negotiations as directed by President Buhari.

Buhari 2019 posters have flooded the streets; too early or too bad? - on NAIJ.com TV