Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, a leading group pushing the Nigerian government to rescue the Chibok school girls kidnapped on April 2014, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not taking their plight seriously.
Yesufu in a series of
tweet on Wednesday reminded Buhari of his promise to the group when he received
BBOG in January.
Tweeting at
@NGRPresident, the official handle of Buhari, Yesufu said “Dear PMB
@NGRPresident, 3 months ago, Presidency announced your directive that
commission of Inquiry on #ChibokGirls abduction be set up.
“3 months later, the
Commission on Inquiry you directed to be set up has still not been set up.
“Remembering promises
made is part of integrity. Commission on inquiry of #ChibokGirls abduction yet
to be set up.
“I don’t have or I
don’t know is never an answer to anything. What is being done to know or to
have?
“How can I demand from
Minister of WA (whereabouts of) the #ChibokGirls Desk when you haven’t set up
Commission of Inquiry as promised?”
DAILY POST recalls
that Aisha Yesufu, in January expressed disappointment at the treatment BBOG
received from Buhari when he hosted them in Aso Rock.
“The president said he
had no credible intelligence on the missing Chibok girls. He said he is
somebody who does not lie. And he will not start by lying,” Yesufu told
journalists.
“We are not saying the
president should lie, but when you are saying there is no credible
intelligence, and that the girls are scattered and married off; then how do we
know? These are two things.
“And he said it
(abduction of the Chibok girls) happened during the last administration. I find
it very worrisome. I remember one of the parents asked what he meant by saying
it happened in the last administration. Does it mean the girls will not be
rescued?
“I would like the
president to know that there is no vacuum in government. That it happened
during the last administration is not an excuse.
“It is duty of the
Nigerian government to ensure that the Chibok girls are rescued. It is their
right and not a privilege. And where we have failed there is a need for us to
apologise.
“As for me, I was
terribly sad and shocked because the president did not look at the parents to
say ‘we are sorry as a nation for your children who have been abducted for 21
months.
“The president
finished his speech, he dropped the microphone and walked out. And I thought
that could have been a moment for him to connect with the parents.
“We will continue our
campaign. We do not care who the head of the government is. It is duty of the
Nigerian government to rescue the Chibok and we will continue making our
demands.”
However, Yesufu
disclosed that BBOG will Thursday address a World Press Conference at the Unity
Fountain Abuja by 9am.
The group said it will
also march to Aso Rock Villa, “the seat of government, to remind the occupants
that the primary responsibility of the government is the protection of lives
and properties.”
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