PHOTOS: Buhari Overjoyed After Meeting Freed UNIMAID Lecturers

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed excitement after hosting the three freed lecturers of the University of Maiduguri and ten women released recently by the Boko Haram sect at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The President received them at the Presidential Villa at about 12 noon on Monday.

It will be recalled that the lecturers were abducted by the Boko Haram in the Magumeri area of Borno state during a trip on oil exploration, while the women were kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa road, near Maiduguri.

The negotiations were directed by President Buhari and was facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Reacting after the meeting, President Buhari said his government will mot leave any stone unturned to ensure that no one is left behind in the hands of terrorists.

He further assured that the 110 missing schoolgirls of Government Girls’ Science Technical College in Dapchi, Borno state, will be safely released and re-united with their families.

I can’t fully express the joy I felt I this afternoon, as I received our citizens recently released from Boko Haram captivity—fathers, mothers, sons, daughters. We will go to any length to ensure that no one is left behind in the hands of terrorists. Every Nigerian life matters! pic.twitter.com/5bQJKlfZuI

— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) February 26, 2018

There were the University of Maiduguri lecturers, abducted while on service to their fatherland, and also the women abducted from a funeral procession. Today they are safely back home, and Nigeria rejoices with them and with their families. pic.twitter.com/NKMkApDtyM

— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) February 26, 2018

They told me that they had given up all hope of ever coming back alive. I assured them that we will never give up on any of our citizens.
I have asked the security agencies to ensure that every abducted person—including the Dapchi girls—is safely released. pic.twitter.com/pqNEi7ENoS

— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) February 26, 2018