Nigeria and Boko Haram 'agree ceasefire and girls release'

[Lite Beer]

Nigeria and Boko Haram 'agree ceasefire and girls' release'

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."

Read More: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29665165

-- BBC 2014-10-18

[Scott]

This is just speculation, but I wonder if the fear of Ebola has anything to do with the release.

Whatever the reason, it's very good news.

[simple1]

This is just speculation, but I wonder if the fear of Ebola has anything to do with the release.

Whatever the reason, it's very good news.

From the BBC report that sounds more likely as to the reason for the negotiations.

"Some question whether the announcement was in any way timed to coincide with the imminent announcement that President Goodluck Jonathan is going to run for re-election".

Last week on Oz news was an interview with a Western hostage negotiator based in Nigeria, claimed the military know where the girls are held yet do nothing as senior people paid off.

Edited October 18, 2014 by simple1

[ggt]

As soon as the girls are safely in the hands of their families...hunt down everyone of the bastards who abducted them and stuff their wieners in their mouths...then sew their mouths shut...hang them by their testicles and slightly slit their throats so they bleed out slowly...

[DefaultName]

When they release the schoolgirls, how many will be pregnant? I can't imagine these animals leaving them alone.

[RigPig]

As soon as the girls are safely in the hands of their families...hunt down everyone of the bastards who abducted them and stuff their wieners in their mouths...then sew their mouths shut...hang them by their testicles and slightly slit their throats so they bleed out slowly...

Too good for the animals, can you imagine what those poor girls have gone through in the mean time, and all because they wanted an education....

[Docno]

As soon as the girls are safely in the hands of their families...hunt down everyone of the bastards who abducted them and stuff their wieners in their mouths...then sew their mouths shut...hang them by their testicles and slightly slit their throats so they bleed out slowly...

People who use their imaginations in the manner you do here may need to consult their physician....

[Docno]

I'll believe it when it happens. Boko Haram is keeping quiet and the authorities previously misstated 'developments' in this case (much like a certain murder investigation in Thailand). I do hope it's true, however...

[cookee68]

When they release the schoolgirls, how many will be pregnant? I can't imagine these animals leaving them alone.

and married and forced to convert, and brain washed, for a religion I think the Muslim faith is slowly being despised by many around the world, and I believe on the Muslims them selves can ever restore the faith back to people outside of that faith, they have to learn to be more civilised, as the cave men left many moons ago, and time and EDUCATION (which they don't want their religion to have) changed a long, long time ago,