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The Nigerian Government yesterday said it has reached a ceasefire deal with the Boko Haram sect to halt all confrontations with the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex issuing a directive to the service chiefs of the Army, Navy, Airforce and Inspector General of Police to comply with the ceasefire agreement in all theatres of operations chidexboy the deal was also confirmed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe yesterday.
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The Voice of America VoA had quoted President Goodluck Jonathan’s Principal Private Secretary, Ambassador Hassan Tukur as disclosing the breakthrough.
-Information had it that in another development, Nigerian officials met with Chadian Government officials as well as representatives of the Boko Haram sect in N’Djamena, Chad on Friday morning and that securing the release of the 219 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram was top on the agenda of the negotiations.
The cease-fire is expected to result in the release of the remaining 219 Chibok female students abducted from their school six months ago and indeed girls and women abducted from other communities in the course of the five-year deadly insurgency, said to have claimed over 12,000 live.

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