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Negotiations ongoing to free UNIMAID lecturers, says ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said talks are still ongoing with the Federal Government to secure the release of the  University of Maiduguri lecturers abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists.

The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who confirmed this to our correspondent in an interview, said the union had been assured of “ongoing efforts” by the government, noting that he could not divulge further details for security reasons.

The lecturers were abducted during an oil exploration trip in Barno Yasu area of the Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State near the Lake Chad region.

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