The Presidency has condemned the latest video released by Boko Haram Terrorists showing six abducted aid workers calling on the Federal Government and Nigerians to secure their release from their captors.
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, conveyed the Presidency’s reaction in a statement in Abuja.
The aid workers with Action Against Hunger, AGH, were kidnapped on July 18 in Borno State.
Shehu in the statement said: “The Presidency has been briefed by the responsible government agency about the disturbing video showing our citizens, the humanitarian aid workers, held captive.
“Presidency has been given assurances that contact is being made and the captors are being talked to.
“Besides these aid workers, there are some others about whom this engagement is about-Leah Sharibu, a religious leader and all the others.
“These discussions have been ongoing even before this time and what this latest incident has done is to bring urgency to the efforts that the secret service is making.
“Government is making contacts in the hope that the captors will see reason to not visit hardship or even harm on these innocent individuals. Government is working.’’
