President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday assured that the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State in April last year are still alive.
He made the remark during an about one hour and 25 minutes interview on Kakaaki programme aired on the African Independent Television (AIT).
According to him, the girls would be rescued alive.
“The good story is that they have not killed them because when terrorists kill, they display so that they use it to intimidate the people in the society. So, these girls are alive. And so, we will get the girls. Luckily, we are narrowing down the areas of their control. So we will get them.”
“With the successes recorded, a lot of Nigerians are expecting to see the release of the girls. Many believe they are in Sambisa forest and we know the Nigerian troops have combed through the forest but didn’t find them,” he stated.
The president said that he deserves the votes of Nigerians because his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has done well in many sectors in the last four years.
“I believe Nigerians should vote for me and I want Nigerians to vote for me because we have done well. Sometimes as a government we are busy working and we don’t advertise what we have done.”
“Sometimes it appears not much (is done). Nigeria is a very big country. If you assess what we have done in a number of areas, we have done quite well and I believe that if Nigeria is linking up to where we were before and what we have done over these four years of government, they will want us to continue to make sure we at least complete some of the ongoing programmes.
“We believe that in several areas, we have tried and we are working very well and if encouraged in the next four years, at least Nigeria will be able to stabilise in various sectors.
“If Nigerians really know what we were before and what we did within these four years, then they will encourage us to at least continue for the next four years.”
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