Abati Revelation: Jonathan Secured Release Of Some Chibok Girls But Dasuki Refused Publication

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Reuben Abati, former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed that the former president secured the release of some Chibok girls but did not publicise it.
Abati disclosed this last Wednesday during a show he anchored on ARISE TV where he interviewed Femi Adesina, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, on the show.
He said Sambo Dasuki, the then National Security Adviser (NSA), advised the government against making the release public in order to protect the identities of the freed girls.
Abati urged Adesina to confirm the information from the Department of State Services (DSS) and National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
“There was headway. We rescued many of the girls but the advice from the NSA at the time was that we should not publicise it because of the identities of those girls. I witnessed it on many occasions. Those girls were brought to the president,” he said.
“He met with them. In fact, some of them were sent to schools in the United States and United Kingdom. There were strict instructions not to publicise it because government thought that the identities of those girls should not be exposed. But l saw you guys making a dance out of the ones you rescued.
“In our time, we rescued some girls but we were under strict instruction not to publicise it. Check the records. The DSS, the intelligence agency, you should ask them. They will have the records.”
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It could be recalled that Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped 276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno state on April 14, 2014.
While 163 of the girls have been returned, over 100 are believed to be in the custody of the terrorist group with some thought to be dead.

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