Chibok Girls: Obasanjo condemns abduction, says FG could have acted quickly

Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo,
yesterday, condemned the abduction of over 200
schoolgirls in Government Girls Secondary School,
Chibok in Borno State.

Obasanjo spoke in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital
during the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding, MoU, with the state government on
the adoption of a junior secondary school and a
primary school in Kudai, Dutse.
Obasanjo, however, faulted Federal Government for
its lackadaisical attitude towards saving the lives of
the abducted students.

Speaking shortly after the signing of MoU between
Jigawa State government and Olusegun Obasanjo
Foundation, at Government House, Dutse, Chief
Obasanjo said the delay by the government over the
matter led to their being moved away from the
school, adding that if urgent rescue action was
taken, the girls could have been saved from their
current hardship.

“The Federal Government could have acted quickly
when the news broke so as to save the innocent
girls, but nothing was done,” he lamented.
Obasanjo described the abduction of the girls as
unfortunate and pathetic, considering the future of
their lives.

“Their future is significant as such everything
possible must be done to rescue them,” he said.
He, howeverm said that, “whatever might have
been the grievances of the group of people behind
the adoption of these girls, whatever might have
been their anger or objectives, it was uncalled for,
considering the importance of these girls.”

He said his foundation has established itself in four
countries in Africa among which Nigeria, Liberia and
Ghana are beneficiaries.
Governor Sule Lamido thanked the former president
for his wisdom in establishing of his foundation.