Presidency: “President Jonathan didn’t put a timeframe for the rescue of Chibok girls”

The Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said on Monday that President Goodluck Jonathan did not make any commitment on the return of the girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Okupe said it would be wrong to assume that the girls would be rescued in less than 6 weeks.

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, that President Jonathan made an affirmative statement that the girls would be returned in within 6 weeks.According to Okupe’s statement, “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 countdown 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.”

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