President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that the Chibok who are more than 200kidnapped by Boko Haram from their hostel at the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, are still alive.The president revealed this in an interview with the African Independent Television during a current affairs programme, Kaakaki earlier today
According to Punch, the President’s claim that the girls were still being kept by Boko Haram contradicted Abubakar Shekau’s statement in a video released in October 2014 to the media that he had married off the pupils. In a previous statement, the group’s leader had threatened to sell the girls as slave brides
Jonathan argued that if the schoolgirls had been killed, the Boko Haram insurgents’ commander, Shekau, would have released a video showing how they the girls were murdered.
According to the President, the Nigerian security forces are also wary of storming the main stronghold of the terrorists because they fear the insurgents may use the girls as shields.
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He said, “Because they may use them as shields so we are working with the global best practices. We can’t just move in with artillery and clear the place. The good story is that they’ve not been killed. They are still alive because when terrorists kill they display.”
The President however contradicted his assertion, during his Monday interview with the cable TV news channel, Al Jazeera that the Federal Government did not mishandle the Boko Haram insurgency, claiming that the insecurity problem did not start during his tenure.
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Jonathan said, “At the beginning, we did not really estimate the capacity of Boko Haram. But over the years they continued to build their capacity with links with other terrorist groups. I believe we’ve got up to 65 per cent of what is needed to prosecute this war.”
He added that the military force was winning the war against the insurgents, noting that only Madagali still remains under the control of the terrorist group in Adamawa State.
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“People will want to go back when they no longer hear stories of Boko Haram invasion. We launched the Victims’ Support Fund to aid in rehabilitating them. The Victims’ Support Fund is not managed directly by government but by the private sector,” the President stated.
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Posted: at 5-03-2015 03:45 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
With due respect to the presidency; it seems to me his comments are just his assumptions and not reality. Whatever it is, the damage to those girls has been done. If these girls are found today there lives are spread messed up and I can bet you the society will make them outcast. Take a look at the sex slaves used in the wars in Sierra -Leone and Liberia! How is there lives like? So Mr. President for me it is with a heavy heart that I talk about the Chibok girls. They found and brought home now will only soothe the families hearts for a while but the aftermath of it all is my concern.
Posted: at 5-03-2015 06:18 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
If gudluk say he did not know anything about this chibox girls,i will said he is a capital liyer......snce na now u want take action wia dey dn use dem finish....na u sabi ooooooo@Mr president
Posted: at 5-03-2015 07:24 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
SweetDaddy1 at 5-03-2015 07:54 PM (10 years ago) (m)
We hope the Chibok girls are alive, one can only blame those who said a war against boko haram is a war against the North before the girls were kidnapped.
Posted: at 5-03-2015 07:54 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac