Reuben Abati says former
President Goodluck Jonathan secured the release of some Chibok girls but did
not to publicise it.
The former media aide to Jonathan
disclosed this on Wednesday during a show he anchored on ARISE TV.
Abati interviewed Femi Adesina,
spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, on the show.
He said Sambo Dasuki, the then
national security adviser (NSA), advised the government against making the
release public in order to protect the identities of the freed girls.
Abati urged Adesina to confirm
the information from the Department of State Services (DSS) and National
Intelligence Agency (NIA).
He said: “There was headway. We
rescued many of the girls but the advice from the NSA at the time was that we
should not publicise it because of the identities of those girls. I witnessed
it on many occasions. Those girls were brought to the president.
“He met with them. In fact, some
of them were sent to schools in the United States and United Kingdom. There
were strict instructions not to publicise it because government thought that
the identities of those girls should not be exposed. But l saw you guys making
a dance out of the ones you rescued.
“In our time, we rescued some
girls but we were under strict instruction not to publicise it. Check the
records. The DSS, the intelligence agency, you should ask them. They will have
the records.”
Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped
276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno state on
April 14, 2014.
While 163 of the girls have been
returned, over 100 are believed to be in the custody of the terrorist group
with some thought to be dead.
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