Respect Ceasefire Deal, Obama Warns FG, Boko Haram

As controversies and doubts trail the ceasefire deal that was at the weekend reached by the federal government and the Boko Haram Sect in order to facilitate the quick release of the over 200 female students that were abducted by the insurgents in Chibok, the United States president, Mr. Barrack Obama, on Tuesday urged all the parties involved to implement the ceasefire deal.

Speaking through the Deputy Spokesperson of the State Department, Ms. Marie Harf, in Washington, DC, President Obama said that it would be a thing of joy for the American government if the federal government and members of the Boko Haram Sect turn in and maintain such a ceasefire.

Harf who confirmed that the ceasefire, if properly implemented by all the parties involved, would herald the return of peace to the northeast in Nigeria, noted that both parties should do everything to ensure that the ceasefire deal becomes a reality.

Her words: “We confirm reports that a ceasefire has been announced and it appears to have been put into place. We would welcome that ceasefire, call on all parties both to implement and maintain such a ceasefire, and hope that such a ceasefire would herald the return of peace to the northeast. This is a region that has had far too little of that.

The Nigerian envoy said that the United States government and that of Nigeria would be able to discuss more about security and peace in the next US-Nigeria Bi-National meeting which will take place in Abuja next week.