The Chibok Parents’ Association
says former President Goodluck Jonathan did not rescue any of their abducted
girls as claimed by Reuben Abati, his former aide.
Daily Trust reports that Yakubu
Nkeki, chairman of the association, said the claim could only make sense if the
Jonathan administration kept the supposedly rescued girls away from their
parents.
“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 said on Arise
TV.
Commenting on the development,
Nkeki said: “Does he mean they rescued some of the Chibok girls and are keeping
them somewhere? If that is what he means, then they should immediately release
the girls to us.
“What we know is that the Buhari
regime negotiated for and secured the release of all the girls we have with us
now. Soon after their release, I was called to Abuja to identify them. These
girls are currently at the American University of Nigeria, Yola under federal government’s
full scholarship.”
Florence Ozor, chair, #Bring Back
Our Girls strategic team, said the group is not aware of such a development.
“All we know is the number of
girls that have been released under Buhari administration and we are not aware
of this development,” she said.
“I really don’t understand what
the motive would be. How would you secure children from terrorists and the
parents and the nation are not aware and you just sent them abroad? There is
more to what they are telling us. It will be good if they can make it public
because the parents and the nation need to know.”
At present, 107 girls have been
released with 112 still in captivity.
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