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.