From forest to presidency as President Jonathan pay host to kidnapped girl who escaped from Boko haram in Aso Rock

Parts of the news reaching us moments ago has it that, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has finally met with some of the  schoolgirls who escaped from the terrorist group Boko Haram alongside their parents
, about 100 days after nearly 300 girls were kidnappped.

But there were troubling signs that Nigeria’s battle against the insurgency remains bogged down, with Boko Haram occupying the town of Damboa in recent days and raising its flag after killing dozens of people and driving nearly all the residents away.
 According to report by Associated Press,.Jonathan met 177 representatives from Chibok, including some of the girls who managed to escape from Boko Haram, parents of abducted  girls and village leaders tuesday.

 The president called for patience, cooperation and understanding.
“Anyone who gives you the impression that we are aloof and that we are not doing what we are supposed to do to get the girls out is not being truthful,” Jonathan told the gathering, according to a statement from Abati.
In another development,it was reported that, there were troubling signs that Nigeria’s battle against the insurgency remains bogged down, with Boko Haram occupying the town of Damboa in recent days and raising its flag after killing dozens of people and  driving nearly all the residents away.

According to Agence France-Presse news service report, it was revealed by Activists  that more than a dozen villages in eastern Nigeria have been conquered in recent months. Tens of thousands of people have fled in the northeast of the country, including some 15,000 people from Damboa, 

Nigerian officials report at least 100 people were killed in Damboa, south of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. However, exact casualties weren't known with insurgents still in control.
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Analysts say the only way the remaining kidnapped girls  can be released is through negotiations with Boko Haram