Olusegun Obasanjo in talks with boko haram to free abducted girls. Read more..

As reported by Vanguard newspaper, Nigeria’s ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in an attempt to broker the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls.


The meeting took place last weekend at Obasanjo’s farm in southern Ogun state and included relatives of some senior Boko Haram fighters as well as intermediaries and the former president.

“The meeting was focused on how to free the girls through negotiation,” said the source who requested anonymity, referring to the girls seized on April 14 from the remote northeastern town of Chibok, Borno state.

The outcome of the meeting and how much impact it will have on the release of the kidnapped girls is still unknown.