All Chibok girls will one day be with their families, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed hopes that all the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls will one day be reunited with their families.

He assured Nigerians that his government would do all within its powers to rescue the girls.

In a statement issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, on Thursday, Buhari said the recovery of Rakiya Abubakar, one of the abducted girls, renewed his hope that all the girls would be found.

“President Muhammadu Buhari welcomes the recovery of another Chibok schoolgirl, Rakiya Abubakar, in the Alagarno area of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State,” the statement read.

“The president notes that the recovery raises renewed hope that the other captured girls will one day be reunited with their families, friends and community.

“President Buhari also commends the military for the diligent investigation which led to the recovery of Rakiya and urges them to continue in the spirit with which they cleared the Sambisa forest of terrorists.

“The president assures that the Nigerian government will continue to do all within its powers to assist the military in locating the rest of the girls and eradicating the menace of terrorism in Nigeria.”

With the recovery of Abubakar, 195 Chibok girls are left in Boko Haram’s captivity.