Obama: Respect Ceasefire Deal

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. Reacting to this, the Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Professor Adebowale Adefuye, said that he expected all and sundry to laud the capability of the federal government to reach an agreement with the insurgents. Adefuye pressed further that it is the lives of the “innocent” female students that should be paramount to everybody now rather than doubting the ceasefire deal on arrival. Speaking further, 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.