Jonathan, Mark meet Chibok girls' parents behind closed-doors

By The Citizen

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently meeting with parents of the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State on April 14 behind closed-doors.

Those who are attending the meeting holding inside the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja include 51 escaped girls, parents of escaped girls, parents of girls still in captivity as well as opinion and community leaders from Chibok.

Jonathan is attending the meeting alongside the President of the Senate, David Mark; Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State; Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State; members of the Federal Executive Council as well as service chiefs among others.

Journalists were asked to leave the venue at about 11.20am when the meeting started.

The meeting which came exactly 99 days after the abduction is still ongoing at the time of filing this report. Punch

More to follow.