While Interior Minister, Abba Moro, and Senate President, David Mark, have said the government would not negotiate the release of the girls, Information Minister, Labaran Maku, Director-General of National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mike Omeri, and Special Duties Minister, Taminu Turaki, have hinted that the Federal Government will do whatever it takes to free the girls, meaning that all options are on the table. To compound matters, President Goodluck Jonathan was widely quoted in the local newspapers Thursday as saying the government would not release the incarcerated Boko Haram members in exchange for the girls. ”This kind of utter confusion is a window deep into the inner workings of the federal government as far as this critical issue of finding and freeing the girls is concerned, and it is unfortunate. ”This is the kind of befuddlement that has characterized the FG’s response to the Boko Haram crisis and led to a sorry pass where a nation widely acclaimed for its global peacekeeping role is now at the receiving end of global efforts to save it from itself,” Lai Muhammad of APC said.
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 05:12:06 +0000
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