CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND BOKO HARAM
Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff Alex Badeh has ordered all the service chiefs to fulfill with the ceasefire agreement between Nigeria and Boko Haram group in all the stages of operations. The text went out after Danladi Ahmadu, who names himself the secretary-general of Boko Haram, told VOA that the cease-fire agreement had been reached. “ A ceasefire agreement has been concluded between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (Boko Haram),” Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh declared. Distinctly, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Principal Secretary Hassan Tukur said that an agreement to end conflicts had been reached following talks, as well as the release of 219 girls held captive since April. http://www.naij.com/307546-nigeria-reaches-ceasefire-agreement-with-boko-haram.html