The presidency has disclosed the reason for the small pace in the negotiation for the release of abducted Chibok schoolgirls from the claws of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
FG has explained why it is taking long to release abducted Chibok girls
The government made this disclosure at the weekend saying that Presisent Muhammadu Buhari was being careful on the ongoing negotiation in order to avoid being swindled like previous negotiators did to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan.
Femi Adesina, senior special adviser on media to President Buhari, who was a guest on Radio Continental 102.3 FM, explained that the negotiators engaged by the previous administration, turned it into venture running into millions of naira only for government to discover it had been defrauded, The Sun reports.
The immediate past administration had made moves to negotiate with the Boko Haram for the freedom of more than 200 girls abducted by the terrorists from their school in Chibok, Borno state in April 2014.
Hassan Tukur, Jonathan’s former principal secretary was said to be involved in the negotiation six months after the abduction with one Danladi Ahmadu, who claimed to be secretary-general of the insurgency, held in Saudi Arabia with aid by top Cameroonian and Chadian officials.
Adesina added that the president wants to be sure of the genuineness of the leadership of the Boko Haram before any further negotiation can take place.
Buhari’s mouthpiece said: “We need to know a little bit of what happened behind the scenes, between the last government and some people masquerading as the leadership of Boko Haram who wanted to get the Chibok girls released. They actually turned it into a franchise, it became a commercial thing and they got money, possibly in millions of dollars, only for government to discover it had been swindled.
“They kept saying they could get the girls released, they could interface with Boko Haram and they went smiling to the bank with all that money, and nothing happened. So you should understand why this government is being careful and the President has said the genuineness of the leadership of Boko Haram must be determined before any negotiation takes place.”
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