Ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that President Goodluck Jonathan doubted the abduction of the Chibok girls for 18 days before the social media created more awareness for it. Making the claim in an interview with BloombergTVAfrica at the weekend, Obasanjo also said if President Jonathan had acted immediately he got the information about the abduction, the girls would have been rescued within 24 hours. Over 200 girls of Government Secondary School Chibok, a town in Borno State, were on the night of April 14, abducted from their hostels by Boko Haram – a religious sect that has been prosecuting a campaign of terror in Northeast Nigeria. Obasanjo said, “the President did not believe that those girls were abducted for 18 days. Now if the president got information within 12 hours of the act and reacted immedieately, I believe those girls would have been rescued within 28 hours, maximum 48 hours. Speaking on Jonathan’s view point of the abduction he said “Don’t forget they were almost 300 girls. The logistics for moving them around is something and if action had been taken immedieately, but unfortunately, the president had doubts – is this true or is this a ploy by those who don’t want me to be president again?Jonathan Doubted Abduction Of Chibok Schoolgirls For 18 Days – Olusegun Obasanjo
Ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that President Goodluck Jonathan doubted the abduction of the Chibok girls for 18 days before the social media created more awareness for it. Making the claim in an interview with BloombergTVAfrica at the weekend, Obasanjo also said if President Jonathan had acted immediately he got the information about the abduction, the girls would have been rescued within 24 hours. Over 200 girls of Government Secondary School Chibok, a town in Borno State, were on the night of April 14, abducted from their hostels by Boko Haram – a religious sect that has been prosecuting a campaign of terror in Northeast Nigeria. Obasanjo said, “the President did not believe that those girls were abducted for 18 days. Now if the president got information within 12 hours of the act and reacted immedieately, I believe those girls would have been rescued within 28 hours, maximum 48 hours. Speaking on Jonathan’s view point of the abduction he said “Don’t forget they were almost 300 girls. The logistics for moving them around is something and if action had been taken immedieately, but unfortunately, the president had doubts – is this true or is this a ploy by those who don’t want me to be president again?