From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Headquarters, Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Major-General Abdul I. Khalifa has categorically declared the news report that some abducted Chibok schoolgirls were released or escaped from the Boko Haram terrorists and will be handed over to their parents today Saturday in Maiduguri.
Major-General Khalifa maintained that the news report making the round on pages of newspapers and social media “is Fake news indeed.”
“As GOC of 7 Div, I have no information of any escaped Chibok girls and I should know if any..
He said: “But we are still pressing on, they will come out. However some Boko haram criminals and their wives are surrendering.
” Some of the criminals and their families came out from banki junction general area and are being investigated.”
It will be recalled that since Friday, there had been news reports in some national dailies that the said girls were released and being handed over today Saturday in Maiduguri.
The GOC who was responding to enquiries by journalists, replied through his WhatsApp line.
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