There were solid signs on Monday that the Federal Government was in an issue over the group of the Boko Haram organization, it ought to hold chats with.
The PUNCH accumulated that the Federal Government had in the previous four months been holding converses with individuals from the order with a perspective to securing the arrival of the Chibok young ladies.
It was, be that as it may, learnt that the matter reached a crucial stage two weeks back with the factionalisation of the order.
A top government official, who trusted in The PUNCH, said that as opposed to the conviction of numerous individuals, the arrival of the young ladies was highest in the psyche of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He conceded that there had been offers by a few individuals from the group to discharge the young ladies, however the legislature was being watchful.
The source expressed, "We would prefer not to commit the error the past organization made when its transaction with the group did not prompt the arrival of the young ladies. We are still in a quandary on which of the two groups if we arrange with. We should affirm that the offers are certifiable."
The order had on August 3 split with the ISIS naming Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new pioneer of Boko Haram.
In a meeting with al-Barnawi in its Al-Naba online week by week magazine, ISIS presented him as Boko Haram new pioneer.
Be that as it may, a couple days after the fact, taking after the new arrangement, the recent pioneer, Abubakar Shekau, discharged a sound message in Arabic and Hausa dialects blaming al-Barnawi for attempting to organize an overthrow against him.
Shekau released el-Barnawi "as an unbeliever who approves living in an un-Islamic culture without pursuing jihad." He likewise asserted to have been deceived by some of his adherents.
In the mean time, the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a meeting with State House reporters after a workshop sorted out for top security boss on the most proficient method to react to crisis circumstances, for example, terrorism and surge inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday, said the administration should first discover the realness of those it was conversing with.
He said, "The administration's position is clear that we are in contact with them. We are simply being watchful and mindful to guarantee that we are conversing with the right individuals particularly with the news that there is a part in the authority. Be that as it may, what is critical is the wellbeing and security of these young ladies.
"The push of my announcement (on Sunday) was to guarantee the country that we are on top of the circumstance. We are not in any case simply responding to the video, we have gone a long ways past the video in conversing with the gathering as of now. Until you can discover the genuineness of those you are conversing with, you don't go into subtle elements," he said.
The priest said the position of government was that there couldn't be a conclusion to the issue of terrorism until the kidnapped young ladies were saved.
On the reported arrangement by the BringBackOurGirls coalition to again coordinate on the Presidential Villa, Mohammed said, "We value their dedication to the arrival of these young ladies yet there are couple of things we have to do behind the scene. We are stating that the administration is focused on doing everything to protect these young ladies.
"We are connecting with them. By saying we are conversing with them, I am talking from a state of information. It doesn't make a difference what other individuals say. I realize that the legislature is in contact with the gathering…
"Until the arrival of this video, the exertion is not pulling in any consideration. Be that as it may, each day, the Office of the NSA and others concerned are taking a shot at it.
"For us, it is not a direct result of the arrival of the video but since of our conviction that there will be no last conclusion to Boko Haram until we can resolve the issue of these young ladies."
On his part, the Chief of Defense Staff, Lt. Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, additionally in a meeting with columnists at the occasion, said the interest that the Federal Government swap confined Boko Haram individuals for the Chibok was a political choice that would not quit continuous military operations.
The BringBackOurGirls bunch and the guardians of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls had on Sunday requested that the administration regard the require a swap taking after the video of the young ladies discharged by the group on Sunday.
Olonishakin told correspondents that he would not stop the progressing military operations against the agitators which he said were going on easily.
"That (require the swap of the young ladies with Boko Haram warriors) is a political choice to be taken. The military choice is that we are proceeding with our operations. The operation is being directed suitably," he said.
The CDS however guaranteed to break down the video with a perspective to taking a position on it soon.
In the interim, the Nigerian Army has questioned two of the three individuals it announced needed on Sunday over a Boko Haram video demonstrating the Chibok young ladies.
While a lady legal counselor, Aisha Wakil, was tested at the Defense Headquarters, Abuja, Ahmed Bolori was questioned at a military sleeping quarters in Maiduguri.
It was accumulated that Wakil was questioned at the Directorate of Military Intelligence at the Defense Headquarters.
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said on the phone on Monday that Wakil had answered to the military powers to reveal more insight into what she thought about the Chibok young ladies.
At the point when requested that whether Wakil was be confined at the Directorate of Military Intelligence, he said that the issue needed to do with getting more data from the woman and not detainment.
He said that it was the perspective of the Army that the three people who were announced needed on Sunday were not saying all they knew in regards to reality concerning the Chibok young ladies.
The Acting Army representative said that it wasn't right for a few people to withhold data on the young ladies for financial advantages.
Usman likewise denied the case by Wakil that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, rejected a solicitation from her to meet him with a few commandants of the Boko Haram as a major aspect of the endeavors to determine the emergency.
He said, "She (Aisha Wakil) has answered to the military. No one let you know about confinement. No. The thing is that she ought to come and shed all the more light on the things they know. From all signs, they are not saying what they know."
Bolori on his facebook page on Monday said that he reported at the military dormitory in Maiduguri at 10am.
Concurring an online medium, The Cable Wakil had before in an announcement on Monday said that the military knew where to discover her.
She said that she was astounded that the armed force made the move notwithstanding knowing where to discover her, including that she knew the Boko Haram young men.
Wakil, in her announcement, said she once met "the Chief of Army Staff and offered to bring along Boko Haram administrators for exchange, yet the armed force "did things their own particular manner."
The third individual, Salkida said in an announcement made accessible to an Abuja based media advisor outfit to security organizations, the PR Nigeria, that if the Army purchases him a ticket, he will visit Nigeria to respect the welcome.
