The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be held responsible over his administration’s inability to rescue all the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.
This claim was made by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Thursday, during an interview on television.
In his words, “It is like a self-accounting when you are exiting a position of public officers to be humble enough to know that you have not done everything perfectly.
“In 2015, we knew where Nigeria was, today we know where we are… Two hundred and sixty-seven were spirited away, about 57 escaped immediately, and over 100 have been returned by the administration.
“The ones that are left, I think 90-something, they are Nigerians, they have the right to be brought back.
“But then, if a government came in when the trail was already cold and you couldn’t trace where the girls were taken, you can’t then blame it solely for not bringing them back, that would not be quite right. Dachi girls were taken under the administration, and within the week they were recovered except maybe five including Leah Sharibu sadly.”
