Chibok Girls: UN Representative Meets Presidential Committee, Offers Support The newly-appointed United Nations Secretary General’s special representative, Ambassador Said Djinnit, has held consultations with the presidential fact-finding committee on the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls. A statement by the committee’s spokesman, Kingsley Osadolor, quotes Ambassador Djinnit, as pledging the UN’s support in the search and rescue of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State. He also told the committee that beyond the outrage and global condemnation of the abduction, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, is interested in a support package to ensure the release of the schoolgirls, and to deal with the larger issues arising from the circumstances of the abduction. Ambassador Djinnit confirmed this while addressing journalists in Abuja, where he emphasized UN’s solidarity with the abducted schoolgirls, their families and Nigeria. Djinnit, who heads the UN office on West Africa, expressed the devotion of the United Nations towards restoring security and peace to the insurgent affected areas in the West African region. The UN has therefore promised to provide the necessary support for the Federal Government to secure the release of the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State by the Boko Haram sect. Djinnit also called on ECOWAS member states to work with Nigeria to end terrorism.
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 14:01:42 +0000