Former
President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that he cannot take
responsibility for the abduction of the Chibok girls in April 2014 as he
does not control the terrorist group.Recall that Boko Haram members
stormed the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State,
on April 14th 2014 and abducted over 200 girls.Speaking in an interview
with BBC on Friday November 30th, Jonathan said he did all that was
expected of any responsible government to do immediately the girls were
abducted."Immediately the Chibok [schoolgirls] issue came up, we
expected Nigerians to be concerned. ‘How do we get these girls out?’
Within a couple of days, we saw people going to the US with Bring Back
Our Girls placards. How? Why? And of course, Mrs Obama received one of
those placards. I cannot take responsibility for that abduction. I don’t
control Boko Haram. They are criminals."But as a president, of course
you know it’s not the president that goes to the fields. You have
security and intelligence officers that do the work. Let me admit that
yes, maybe they do their best, but their best was not good enough for us
to recover the girls. That I cannot say I am right or I am wrong. That
does not mean I am trying to remove myself from any blame. Yes I may not
be blamed for the action, but I could be blamed that my security and
intelligence systems were not strong enough to be able to rescue the
girls."If I as a politician, will tell the whole world that my political
ambition fir any single office is not worth the blood of any Nigerian,
how will I be happy that girls have been kidnapped? I’m not that kind of
character.''I don't control Boko Haram... I cannot take responsibility for Chibok girls' abduction'' ex-president Goodluck Jonathan says
Former
President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that he cannot take
responsibility for the abduction of the Chibok girls in April 2014 as he
does not control the terrorist group.Recall that Boko Haram members
stormed the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State,
on April 14th 2014 and abducted over 200 girls.Speaking in an interview
with BBC on Friday November 30th, Jonathan said he did all that was
expected of any responsible government to do immediately the girls were
abducted."Immediately the Chibok [schoolgirls] issue came up, we
expected Nigerians to be concerned. ‘How do we get these girls out?’
Within a couple of days, we saw people going to the US with Bring Back
Our Girls placards. How? Why? And of course, Mrs Obama received one of
those placards. I cannot take responsibility for that abduction. I don’t
control Boko Haram. They are criminals."But as a president, of course
you know it’s not the president that goes to the fields. You have
security and intelligence officers that do the work. Let me admit that
yes, maybe they do their best, but their best was not good enough for us
to recover the girls. That I cannot say I am right or I am wrong. That
does not mean I am trying to remove myself from any blame. Yes I may not
be blamed for the action, but I could be blamed that my security and
intelligence systems were not strong enough to be able to rescue the
girls."If I as a politician, will tell the whole world that my political
ambition fir any single office is not worth the blood of any Nigerian,
how will I be happy that girls have been kidnapped? I’m not that kind of
character.
