CHIBOK GIRLS SWAP A POLITICAL DECISION,NOT MILITRY- CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff, Lt-General Abayomi Olonishakin, while addressing State House correspondents today Monday, after a workshop organised for chief executives of government agencies held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja,said only the political authorities can decide on the demand by Boko Haram insurgents for exchange of the abducted Chibok girls with the sect's detained members. According to an online site,The Chief of Defense Staff also stressed that the military would sustain its counter-insurgency operations. "That swapping of Chibok girls with detained sect members is a political decision to be taken. The military decision is that we are going ahead with our operations. The operation is being conducted appropriately," the CDS Olanishakin stated.