By Valentine Amanze
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the return of the schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State by Boko Haram.
The ruling party made the commendation in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary,
Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi.
Abdullahi said that the release of the Dapchi schoolgirls was another solid demonstration of the political will of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration to secure the lives of all Nigerians.
He said that with the prompt release of the Dapchi girls, the APC government has demonstrated how government should respond to such situations.
According to him, if the immediate-past Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration had responded with the similar alacrity, the Chibok schoolgirls would have been released or rescued.
He assured that the present government in Nigeria was committed to protecting lives and properties of its subjects.
His words: “We assure Nigerians that the current administration remains committed to securing the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls still held in captivity by Boko Haram and ultimately rehabilitate and reunite them with their families and loved ones.
“The party is confident that reforms that the government has embarked on would improve the capacity and efficiency of our security agencies to prevent the kidnap of children by terrorists and diminish their ability to carry out attacks on soft targets.”