Former President Olusegun Obasanjo who
revealed ways on how the abducted Chibok can
be rescued on May 28 after a close door meeting
with some Islamic clerics and negotiators with
Boko Haram on Thursday warned the Nigerian
military not to "play Public Relations
propaganda" with the abduction of the school
girls.
Obasanjo who made this warning in a Channels
Television news reacted to the claims made by
the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex
Badeh, that the Nigerian military have the
located where the girls are being held captive by
the sects .
He said: "This is not an issue that you will play
public relations propaganda with.
"It is a serious issue that is like a spear in the
heart of the parents and whatever statement we
make and action we take, if it will not really deal
with the issue in a way that will bring those girls
out safe and secure and make their families
happy and will also give every Nigerian a sense of
security, then such statements should not be
made," he said.
He said that he would be pleasantly surprised if
the Chibok girls were "returned intact."
Obasanjo while speaking on why he did not
inform the President of his palns to hold a
meeting on the rescue mission of the Chibok girls
said: he "was surprised at how certain meetings
have turned out." "I cannot have a plan without
the Presidency being involved" .
He added that he was not "going on a one -man
mission," to rescue the kidnapped girls, insisting
that doing so would be "idiotic."
Obasanjo also reacted to President Jonathan's
allegation that the abduction of the girls was
done to bring down his government said such
thought was "unfortunate."
"If the Presidency is obsessed with one thing and
one thing only and any other thing of concern to
Nigeria is secondary then the Presidency will take
that position, then this will be unfortunate," he
said.
revealed ways on how the abducted Chibok can
be rescued on May 28 after a close door meeting
with some Islamic clerics and negotiators with
Boko Haram on Thursday warned the Nigerian
military not to "play Public Relations
propaganda" with the abduction of the school
girls.
Obasanjo who made this warning in a Channels
Television news reacted to the claims made by
the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex
Badeh, that the Nigerian military have the
located where the girls are being held captive by
the sects .
He said: "This is not an issue that you will play
public relations propaganda with.
"It is a serious issue that is like a spear in the
heart of the parents and whatever statement we
make and action we take, if it will not really deal
with the issue in a way that will bring those girls
out safe and secure and make their families
happy and will also give every Nigerian a sense of
security, then such statements should not be
made," he said.
He said that he would be pleasantly surprised if
the Chibok girls were "returned intact."
Obasanjo while speaking on why he did not
inform the President of his palns to hold a
meeting on the rescue mission of the Chibok girls
said: he "was surprised at how certain meetings
have turned out." "I cannot have a plan without
the Presidency being involved" .
He added that he was not "going on a one -man
mission," to rescue the kidnapped girls, insisting
that doing so would be "idiotic."
Obasanjo also reacted to President Jonathan's
allegation that the abduction of the girls was
done to bring down his government said such
thought was "unfortunate."
"If the Presidency is obsessed with one thing and
one thing only and any other thing of concern to
Nigeria is secondary then the Presidency will take
that position, then this will be unfortunate," he
said.
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