Nine after Boko Haram jihadists abducted scores of girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State in 2014, the Nigerian Army says it does not know the whereabouts of the remaining girls in captivity.
Although a few of them have regained their freedom, the military said it lacks the capacity or technology to know the whereabouts of the girls.
According to Daily Trust, Director, Defence Media Operation, Major General Musa Danmadami, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja.
“Precisely on the Chibok girls, the Chibok girls are just like any other human beings like us here; you cannot see anybody walking and just identify that this is a Chibok girl. There’s no way the military can have the capacity or technology to know that precisely this is where the Chibok girls are.
“It’s quite some time now that these girls have been missing or abducted. So, now because of the intensity of operations, most of them are escaping from the terrorists and coming out. It’s only when they come out that we can now identify that this is one of the abducted Chibok girls.
“Our troops are conducting operations daily in Sambisa forest and are recovering weapons and ammunition. The majority of the weapons displayed for the Nigerians to see were recovered from Sambisa forest,” he said.
He also said the Sambisa forest “is not impenetrable” as operations were conducted there forcing terrorists to come out and surrender.
He assured that the military and other security agencies were working round the clock to make the May 29 presidential inauguration successful.
