Indications have emerged that the Federal Government
has formally commenced negotiation with the leadership of the Boko Haram sect
over the abduction of about 270 schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State.
Daily Trust gathered that President Goodluck Jonathan
today held a secret meeting with some men believed to have links to the
leadership of the sect.
Information Minister Labaran Maku led the
'negotiators' to the president's office where the meeting was held.
Among them was a journalist widely believed to be involved
in the negotiation process and an unidentified man who wore a black turban to
the meeting.
The meeting started around 3.20pm and ended at about
5.15pm.
One of the negotiators confirmed to Daily Trust that
he was at the Presidential Villa in respect of the ongoing negotiation between
the government and the leadership of the sect.
There was no official response on the meeting as the
presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, neither answered a phone call placed to
him nor replied a text message sent to him by our correspondent, for
confirmation.
Source: Daily Trust
