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OR about two and a half hours, Service Chiefs met members of the House of Representatives yesterday to defend why the emergency rule in three states should be extended. They said without the sixmonth extension, the United States and other Allied Forces cannot operate freely to rescue the 276 abduct-
•Senate defers decision From Yusuf Alli, Victor Oluwasegun and Sanni Onog, Abuja
ed girls. Also, they confirmed that National Security Adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Marshal Alex Badeh had gone to France for a strategic meeting on how to rescue the Chi-
bok girls whose abduction on April 15 has sparked a global outrage. The Service Chiefs had a closed-door session with members of the House on whether or not to extend emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. They held Speaker Aminu Continued on page 4
•From left: The CEO/Chairman, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi OkonjoIweala and the Acting Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Alhaji Kabir Mashi at the FIRS Stakeholders Engagement Forum in Lagos…yesterday
Governor: Fed Govt played politics with girls’ abduction It’s not true, says govt ACF alleges agenda Jonathan for Chibok By Wale Ajetunmobi and Frank Ikpefan, Abuja ORNO State Governor Kashim Shettima indicted the Federal Government last night for what he called its slow response to the kidnap of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls. According to him, the government was politicising the April 15 incident when a timely action was required. The global outcry over the incident forced the Federal Government to begin the search for the girls, who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents, he said. Shettima spoke to CNN’s WHERE ARE Christine Amapour in LonTHE CHIBOK don. With him was All Progressives Congress (APC) GIRLS KIDNAPPED Women Leader Sharon ON APRIL 15?
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•A pupil who escaped from the abductors’ vehicle identifying her colleagues in the Boko Haram video during a review at the Government House in Maiduguri, Borno State •SEE ALSO PAGES 2-5
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