Jonathan didn’t make promise on Chibok girls’return -Presidency

The Presidency said on Monday that President
Goodluck Jonathan did not make any commitment
on when the girls abducted by Boko Haram
terrorists in Government Secondary School,
Chibok, Borno State, would be rescued.
It, therefore, said it would be wrong to assume that
the girls would be rescued in less than six weeks.
Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs,
Dr. Doyin Okupe, stated this in a statement in
Abuja.
Okupe was reacting to the comment by a former
Minister of Education and a leader of the Bring
Back our Girls Group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, to the
effect that President Jonathan has made an
affirmative statement that the girls would be
returned in about six weeks.
Okupe said this was not correct, adding that what
the President said during his last media chat was
that the combined efforts of new offensive by the
Nigerian Military and its allies as well as improved
capacity in the operations had made the chances
for the rescue of the Chibok girls brighter than ever
before.
The presidential aide said, "Our attention has been
drawn to a statement credited to former Minister of
Education and a leader of the Bring Back our Girls
Group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili to the effect that
President Goodluck Jonathan has made an
affirmative statement that the girls abducted by
Boko Haram terrorists in Government Secondary
School, Chibok, Borno State, would be freed within
six weeks, hence the beginning of a count down by
the organisation.
"We wish to state that the statement made by the
President during his last Media chat was that the
combined efforts of new offensive by the Nigerian
Military and its allies as well as improved capacity
in the operations have made the chances for the
rescue of the Chibok girls brighter than ever
before.
"This statement cannot be construed as putting a
six week time-frame for the delicate task of freeing
the girls alive which the President remains very
committed to and would definitely wish would even
happen in a day."
He said it was therefore insincere and mischievous
on the part of Ezekwesili and her organisation to
launch a countdown which he said was meant to
score cheap political points rather than encourage
the military and help the cause of the girls and
their depressed parents.
He, nevertheless, said President Jonathan was
committed to the safe return of the girls, who were
abducted 309 days ago.



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