{"id":18815,"date":"2014-05-15T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=18815"},"modified":"2014-05-15T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T14:35:43","slug":"nigeria-president-to-visit-chibok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/nigeria-president-to-visit-chibok\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria President to visit Chibok"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday visit the northeastern village from where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted a month ago by Islamist rebel group Boko Haram, senior government officials said.<\/p>\n
It will be Jonathan’s first visit since the kidnappings to Chibok village, epicentre of a growing international effort to rescue the girls. Officials said he will travel on to a regional security summit in Paris at which Boko Haram will be discussed.<\/p>\n
Jonathan is under pressure to crush the rebels, who have killed thousands in their campaign for an Islamist state, and to free the girls, whose kidnapping has sparked global outrage.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian government has come under criticism for its slow response to the abductions.<\/p>\n