the Chibok girls were used as a campaign
ploy
– He criticised the APC for making political
capital of the girls without securing their
release
– The 219 Chibok girls were abducted from
their school two years ago by Boko Haram
The former governor of Akwa Ibom state and
Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio,
yesterday lampooned Dino Melaye and the
other leaders of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) over claims that they
cashed in on the abduction of the 219
Chibok girls.
The senator said the APC and some of its
members had cashed in on the girls’
abduction but have suddenly gone quiet
since winning the election.
Senator Akpabio criticised the APC’s stance
on the Chibok girls
“I wonder why those who led protests against
the government of former President Goodluck
Jonathan to rescue the girls have suddenly
kept mum,” Senator Akpabio said.
“I remember in 2014, Dino Melaye used to
wear a T-shirt and led the protest to ensure
that the abducted school girls were released.
He was always at the National Fountain to lead
a protest against the government.
”
“He eventually cashed in on it and won
elections. Other people in APC did the same
thing.”
Senator Dino Melaye called on the federal
government to double its efforts and find the
abducted girls
Senator Melaye, while lamenting about the
plight of the girls and their parents, said the
federal government cannot be said to have
succeeded until the girls are rescued.
“We cannot succeed as a government until
those girls are released. Getting back the over
200 Chibok school girls into the society is
important and a must for our security
agencies,” he said.
“The abduction of over 200 girls by Boko
Haram has wrongly affected us as a people as
could be seen in the international
condemnation of the government’s slow
reaction to this unprecedented outrage
committed against Nigerian womanhood.
“Never before has such criminal viciousness
been perpetrated on Nigerian womanhood.”
Hundreds of girls abducted by Boko Haram
remain the group’s prisoners
Other senators who supported the motion
called on the federal government to go
beyond the yearly ritual of mourning the
anniversary of the abduction and called on
the government to explore every available
avenue to ensure that the girls are rescued.
Adopting the prayers of the motion, the
senate mandated the relevant security
agencies to do everything humanly possible
to ensure the release of the girls.
They unanimously resolved that the National
Security Adviser (NSA) and all the service
chiefs will be invited to brief the Senate in a
closed door session on their efforts to
recover the girls.
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