He disclosed this during an appearance on morning television on Thursday.
“The girls are still alive. They have not been killed because the terrorists always display when they killed,” Jonathan claimed.
The President was hopeful the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in April would eventually be rescued.
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“There are still some areas occupied by the terrorists, the girls would be found when this areas are completely liberated.”
Jonathan added that the military was mindful of civilians in the custody of terrorists.
"It is true terrorists might want to use the girls as shield, that is why the military are slow in their operations. Not just the Chibok girls, there are other civilian in their custody and that is why the military are careful in their operations.”
He also assured Nigerians that the government has put measures in place to cub the current shortage of fuel supply in the country.
He is a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.
A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation’s head of state, as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
His current home is Abeokuta , the capital city of Ogun State , where he is a nobleman as the holder of the chieftaincy titles of the Balogun of the Owu Lineage and the Ekerin Balogun of the Egba clan of Yorubaland.
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He is a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.
A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation’s head of state, as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
His current home is Abeokuta , the capital city of Ogun State , where he is a nobleman as the holder of the chieftaincy titles of the Balogun of the Owu Lineage and the Ekerin Balogun of the Egba clan of Yorubaland.
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He is a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.
A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation’s head of state, as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
His current home is Abeokuta , the capital city of Ogun State , where he is a nobleman as the holder of the chieftaincy titles of the Balogun of the Owu Lineage and the Ekerin Balogun of the Egba clan of Yorubaland.
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