Bring Back Our Girls: Nigeria Announces Fresh Investigation into Chibok Kidnappings  

 

Parents of the Chibok girls weep during their meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria, January 14, 2016.

Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a new investigation into the kidnapping of 219 schoolgirls by Islamist group Boko Haram in April 2014 from the town of Chibok, the presidency said on Thursday.

A statement said a panel would be announced soon by the National Security Adviser. The decision comes after parents of the girls and the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement marched to the presidential villa to demand a meeting with Buhari earlier on Thursday.

"I assure you that I go to bed and wake up every day with the Chibok girls on my mind," Buhari was quoted as saying in the statement after meeting some of the marchers.

Buhari Orders Probe of Chibok Girls’ Abduction 

 

 

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved an investigation into the theft of the 219 girls from Government Secondary in Chibok, Borno State.

The panel to investigate the incident which happened in April 2014, according to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, will soon be named by the National Security Adviser (NSA) General Babagana Munguno.

The probe will seek to, among other things, unravel the remote and immediate circumstances leading the kidnap of the girls by Boko Haram terrorists and the other events, actions and inactions that followed the incident.

Nigeria Is 'Prepared To Negotiate' With Boko Haram Over Chibok Girls

The fight to bring back the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls hasn't stopped, but Nigeria's government isn't sure what happened to them.

Nigeria's president may be ready to negotiate with militant group Boko Haram for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014.

But, at this point, President Muhammadu Buhari doesn't seem sure about what happened to the Chibok girls, who were reportedly taken from their school dorms in April by the group. (Video via Bring Back Our Girls)

"There is no form of intelligence where those girls physically are and what condition they are in,” Buhari said in a media conference.

The Chibok girls' kidnapping sparked a social media campaign and protests around the globe, as the previous president faced criticism.