President willing to pay cash to Boko Haram in exchange for Chibok girls
government would be willing to make financial
payments to Boko Haram to secure the release of
the abducted Chibok girls.
Buhari, who made the comments on Al Jazeera’s
UpFront programme, said that the exchange to be
made would depend on the negotiations with the sect.
“…It depends on the negotiations with
the leadership of Boko Haram,” the president
told Al-Jazeera's Mehdi Hasan .
Buhari also said that his government would not
hesitate to negotiate with the sect once it provides
proof that the girls are alive.
“They have to prove to us that they are
alive, they are well, and then we can…
negotiate with them. We said it and we
meant it. If we are satisfied that the
girls are alive,” he said.
The Nigerian president, who has urged the country’s
military to wipe out the sect before December,
however said that he would not resign if the feat is
not achieved but would rather “stay and fight it out.”
Buhari had earlier admitted that his government was
negotiating with Boko Haram but was trying to
confirm if the parties involved were the sect’s true
leaders.
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