Respect Ceasefire Deal, Obama Tells 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 release of the over 200 female students that were abducted by the insurgents in Chibok, the United States president, Mr. Barrack Obama, yesterday 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 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.
She said, “We confirm reports that a ceasefire has been announced and it appears to have been put into place. We would welcome that ceasefire and 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.
“It’s our understanding that negotiations about a deal to release the girls continue. source: Leadership