Nigeria: Kidnapped Chibok Girls Not Missing, Fayose Claims

by PH March 31, 2016, 9:36 am

A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from...A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from a video of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram obtained by AFP shows girls, wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural location. Boko Haram released a new video on claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. A total of 276 girls were abducted on April 14 from the northeastern town of Chibok, in Borno state, which has a sizeable Christian community. Some 223 are still missing. AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSHO/AFP/Getty Images

Outspoken governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, has alleged that the abduction of the Chibok girls in 2014 was “mere political fabrication” that was meant to oust the then president, Goodluck Jonathan.

Fayose claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) used the situation to defeat Jonathan.

According to Naij, Fayose said this while speaking in Edo Ekiti during a two-day worsjop organized by Women Arise for Change Initiative.

“You can’t get what is not missing… : “The cries over missing girls were just a political strategy. What could Boko Haram have used to carry those girls? However, if truly missing, they should be recovered. One thing I know is that what is not missing you cannot get,” Fayose was quoted as saying.