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IGP’S CONFLICTING COMMENTS ON LEAH SHARIBU: Confusion now reigns supreme in Buhari’s govt –Fayose

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IGP’S CONFLICTING COMMENTS ON LEAH SHARIBU: Confusion now reigns supreme in Buhari’s govt –Fayose

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the conflicting statements from the Police on the return of Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi schoolgirl kept back by Boko Haram for refusing to deny her Christian faith.

The governor argued that for the Inspector General of Police to recant his alleged open claim on the release of Sharibu was another clear indication that “under this President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, confusion now reigns supreme.”

The IGP had on Saturday during an interview on Channels Television programme claimed that he was scheduled to travel to Dapchi but shelved the trip so as not to jeopardize the release of Leah Sharibu.

However, the IGP in a statement on Monday through the force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said that his statement was misunderstood and misrepresented.

But reacting in a statement on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said that it was embarrassing that the IGP could come on national television to deceive Nigerians by giving information that he was not sure of, adding that; “Nigerians can now see why it is advisable to check their calendar when President Buhari and his men say what the date is.”

The governor said; “If the IGP does not have correct information on activities of the Boko Haram insurgents at his fingertips, it goes to show the level of confusion that has taken over this their government and one can appreciate the position expressed by former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. T. Y. Danjuma that Nigerians should take total responsibility for the security of their own lives and properties because as it is, a government that is confused even at the level of its security agencies cannot protect its citizens.”

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He described the recant of the IGP’s statement by the Nigeria Police Force as highly embarrassing, saying; “What the IGP said was unambiguous. He said on Channels Television loud and clear that he was scheduled to travel to Dapchi but shelved the trip so as not to jeopardize the release of Leah Sharibu.

“So, where is the misunderstanding and misrepresentation of what the IGP said? How can Dapchi residents’ anxious wait for the safe return of the already released girls be the reason for the IGP to say that he learnt the remaining girl will be released on Saturday?”

He said the IGP’s categorical statement on Saturday, that Leah Sharibu was going to be released and the recant the following day was a further vindication of the United States government’s claim, that animosity between Nigeria’s security agencies and their unwillingness to share intelligence were hampering effort at effectively combating the Boko Haram insurgency.

 

 

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