Buhari won’t promise and fail, Presidency assures BBOG on Chibok girls

The Presidency on Monday told BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group, that President Muhammadu Buhari will not make promises he will not fulfil.

The presidency said this while reacting to claims by BBOG that he disappointed them by not keeping any of the agreements he reached with them over the abducted Chibok Girls.

But the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement said that President Buhari will never make bogus claims or play to the gallery over the fate of the over 200 Chibok secondary school girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno state, in April 2014.

He regretted that BBOG, which has good intention in their movement, could not think of the collateral damage that could follow its claim that the President disappointed in all promises allegedly made to the group on the issue.
Shehu said that despite the accusation of the President being “lackadaisical” in rescuing the Chibok girls, the Federal Government’s focus has always been to free the Chibok girls alive and unharmed, adding that it would be
misleading for anybody to claim that the abducted girls are within easy grasp.

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“The President is conscious always about the fact that terrorism in Nigeria is part of a global phenomenon. Since coming to office, his response to it has been firm and well considered.

“President Buhari will never make bogus promises or play to the gallery. It is misleading of anyone to preach that
the Chibok girls are within an easy grasp. If the military under the President knew where they are held, they will bring the Chibok girls home today.

“The Presidency is open to renewed cooperation with the BBOG group, international bodies, religious groups, social workers, and all others who are assisting in the field to ensure that those who have so far been rescued from Boko
Haram captivity are given the support they need to make a full recovery and be reintegrated fully into the society,” Shehu noted.

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