H.E. Dr. Bolere Elizabeth Ketebu:

In fact it was the search for those girls that led to the botched peace talks with Boko Haram. It was in an attempt to recover the girls that the President of Chad approached the President of Nigeria.

Boko Haram had agreed to a ceasefire and was to meet for negotiations on the release of the girls. It was not circulated that there was to be a ceasefire and that the girls were to be returned. In the end, it was not to be. Nigeria has still not given up. It is all part of what is going on with the regional collaboration and the military actions against Boko Haram.