The Federal Government has extended an invitation to members of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, for a trip to Sambisa Forest, in search of the missing Chibok girls.

This was conveyed in a letter signed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and addressed to the convener of the group, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili and made available to the media on Saturday.


BBOG has been asked to nominate three of its members to join the trip which will take place on January 16.

The letter read in part: “The trip being planned by the military will see the ministers of defence and information, the Chief of Air Staff and Chief of Army Staff joining the invited BBOG members and a select group of journalists.

“They will first go to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Command Centre in Yola to witness firsthand the efforts being made to search for the girls by NAF and then join the day and night sorties with the BAF to the Sambisa Forest.

“Please note that due to limited seats on the search plane, only two of the invited BBOG members will join the NAF sorties.


“After the sorties, the team will return to Yola for bidding by the NAF on their daily search for the girls as well as all those who have been abducted by Boko Haram.

“Departure is scheduled for 8.30a.m. at the Air Force wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Monday the Jan. 16, 2017.”