Aisha Buhari visits released Chibok girls

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has asked the 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed on Saturday to be strong and forget their ordeal in order to be able to continue their education.

The President’s wife, according to a statement from her media office, spoke on Wednesday while meeting with the girls in Abuja.

Mrs Buhari, who expressed optimism that the remaining girls in captivity would soon be released, advised the girls to learn a trade in order to empower themselves.

She commended the security agencies and all those involved in freeing the girls.

Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed assured that the girls would soon be reunited with their parents, adding that the Federal Government would not relent until all the girls were released.