#bringbackourgirls: Half of Chibok girls may not return – Obasanjo

 

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that half of nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by the extremist Boko Haram from Chibok, Borno State, may never be found despite ongoing rescue efforts. Obasanjo told PREMIUM TIMES yesterday it would be “inconceivable” to have all the girls back, and that it would be a, “near-miracle” if that happens.“It’s inconceivable to get all of them back. If you get all of them back, I will consider it a near-miracle.

“Do you think they will hold all of them together up till now? The logistics for them to do that, holding over 200 girls together, is too much,” said the former president, who spoke by telephone from Senegal.

The remarks are likely to unnerve distraught parents, who have endured the past two months without their daughters, and have barely received firm information about their whereabouts.

According to PREMIUM TIMES, parents in Chibok last week, urged the Federal Government to negotiate with Boko Haram without delay. The girls are two days short of two months in captivity, with the captors defying a global campaign for their release.

The Nigerian government, which has faced international rebuke over its handling of the abductions, has not in the last one week, provided any new information on its effort at rescuing the girls.

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that half of nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by the extremist Boko Haram from Chibok, Borno State, may never be found despite ongoing rescue efforts. Obasanjo told PREMIUM TIMES yesterday it would be “inconceivable” to have all the girls back, and that it would be a, “near-miracle” if that happens.“It’s inconceivable to get all of them back. If you get all of them back, I will consider it a near-miracle.

“Do you think they will hold all of them together up till now? The logistics for them to do that, holding over 200 girls together, is too much,” said the former president, who spoke by telephone from Senegal.

The remarks are likely to unnerve distraught parents, who have endured the past two months without their daughters, and have barely received firm information about their whereabouts.

According to PREMIUM TIMES, parents in Chibok last week, urged the Federal Government to negotiate with Boko Haram without delay. The girls are two days short of two months in captivity, with the captors defying a global campaign for their release.

The Nigerian government, which has faced international rebuke over its handling of the abductions, has not in the last one week, provided any new information on its effort at rescuing the girls.

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