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DAPCHI GIRLS: Script writers of this drama will be exposed one day –Fayose

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Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has congratulated parents of the freed Dapchi schoolgirls and sympathized with parents of five of the girls that reportedly died.

The governor, who described the abduction of the girls as an indictment on the federal government, said that “One can only be hopeful that the real script writers behind this drama will be exposed one day.”

The girls, who were abducted on February 19 after Nigerian Army withdrew troops in the area, were brought home by the Boko Haram abductors in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

But reacting in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose likened their release to “drama scripted by the government and its agents to swindle Nigerians.”

He said, “This appears like an arranged abduction and an arranged release, but we thank God that the innocent girls have returned home and we condole with parents of those that died.

“Curiously, the same spirit who made sure that all military checkpoints in Dapchi and other surrounding towns were removed to pave way for abduction of the girls also made sure that the girls were returned without any security agent seeing them.

“Nigerians should recall that the Governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Geidam said that military checkpoints were withdrawn from Dapchi and other communities a few days before the abduction of the 110 girls.

“This was also corroborated by the Amnesty International in its report that was published in the newspapers yesterday.

“Specifically, Amnesty International said that security forces failed to act on advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading to Dapchi town and that between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm on February 19, 2018, calls were made to tell the security services that the Boko Haram insurgents were in the Dapchi area.

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“No doubt, withdrawal of military check-points from Dapchi and other communities, few days before the 110 students were abducted and failure of the security forces to act on advance warnings exposed the conspiracy of the federal government and its agents in the abduction of the school girls and other dastardly acts of the insurgents.

“Interestingly, no one was questioned up till now despite conflicting claims by the army and police as well as the damning report by the Amnesty International that between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm on February 19, 2018, calls were made to tell the security services that the Boko Haram insurgents were in the Dapchi area.”

The governor, who reiterated his allegation that Boko Haram insurgency had become a source of treasury looting; said; “Those benefiting from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) scams, payment of ransom (in dollars) to free those abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents, among others will never wish to see the end of the insurgency.”

 

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