BEVERLY HILLS, May 19, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the rescue of Amina Ali, one of the 219 kidnapped Chibok girl, has rekindled hope that the remaining girls would be rescued alive.
Buhari, who received the rescued girl at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday promised that everything will be done to ensure that Amina goes back to school.
He also promised that his administration will ensure that Amina gets the best medical, emotional and other necessary care towards her full recovery and integration into the society and assured Nigerians and other stakeholders that his administration would do everything possible to rescue the other girls from the captivity of Boko Haram.
Amina was presented to the President by the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima; the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali; the National Security Adviser, Babangana Monguno; the Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonishakin, and other top government officials.
“Like others all over the world, I’m delighted that Amina Ali, one of the missing Chibok girls has regained her freedom. But my feelings are tinged with deep sadness and horrors the girl has had to go through at such an early stage in her life,” he said.
“Rest assured that this administration will continue to do what it can to rescue the Chibok girls who are still in Boko Haram’s captivity. Amina’s rescue gives us new hope and offers a unique opportunity to vital information.
“Although we cannot do anything to reverse the horrors of her past, the federal government can and will do everything possible to ensure that the rest of her life takes a completely different course.
“Amina will get the best care that the Nigerian government can afford. We will ensure that she gets the best medical, emotional and whatever care that she requires to get full recovery and be integrated into the society.
“Yesterday, medical personnel from government and other NGOs examine her for about five hours, trauma experts from UNICEF also met her.
“The FG will get the Murtala Mohammed Foundation, which has already been providing support for the families of the missing Chibok girls and which runs a trauma and counselling facility in Kano to also be involved in the ongoing work with Amina in monitoring her progress and any additional support she requires.”
