We’ve made tremendous progress on abducted girls – Committee

he Presidential Fact-Finding Committee on the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has made tremendous progress, the committee has said.
Its spokesperson, Mr. Kingsley Osadolor, said in a statement that the committee had gathered information on the schoolgirls and insurgency but that specific details could not be given yet.
“In the course of its mission to Borno, the fact-finding committee amassed a treasure trove of information on the abduction of the schoolgirls and insurgency in general.’’
According to him, the committee had returned to Abuja to put together all the information gathered, after which members would return to Borno shortly.
“Furthermore, the committee still needs to streamline and corroborate the welter of facts it has unearthed.
“Sources for the streamlining are in the FCT, where the committee held the first in its series of consultations and interactions.
“This has necessitated the Fact-Finding Committee returning to Abuja at this time,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria quoted Osadolor as saying in the statement.
The committee spokesman also noted that the return trip to Borno would be to interface with the families and communities in Chibok.
“The visit has not been undertaken at this time, because in the course of the interactions with stakeholders, pertinent issues arose, and these impact directly on aspects of the committee’s terms of reference.
“This is to mobilise the surrounding communities and the general public on citizen support for a rescue strategy and operation and to articulate a framework for a multi-stakeholder action for the rescue of the missing girls.
“The delayed visit to Chibok has been discussed with representatives of the communities’’, he said.
Osadolor listed the groups and individuals the committee interfaced with to include the Shehu of Borno and military commanders.
Others are heads of para-military formations, the state Commissioner of Police, and the state Director of the Department of Security Service.