Difficult terrain, fears over the safety of dozens of kidnapped pupils and teachers, and demands by the abductors for the release of detained terrorist commanders have emerged as major obstacles to ongoing efforts to rescue victims of the recent school attacks in Oyo and Borno states, The PUNCH has learnt.
This comes as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, on Thursday called for the immediate and safe release of the schoolchildren and teachers abducted in the attacks, describing the incidents as a grave threat to education and child protection.
Multiple Presidency and security sources familiar with the situation told our correspondent that the abductors are demanding the release of high-profile terrorist leaders in exchange for the captives, a condition the Federal Government is unwilling to accept despite mounting public pressure for the victims’ freedom.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they
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