– He claims that the abduction was a mere
political fabrication Governor Ayodele Fayose Ayo Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state, has
claimed that the rumour of the abduction of the
Chibok girls was mere political fabrication
meant to oust ex-president Goodluck Jonathan
from the office at all costs. He has accused the federal government of
deceiving Nigerians over the alleged missing
schoolgirls, supposing that the All Progressives
Congress used the situation to defeat Jonathan. Fayose said he viewed with delight the
advocacy of Oby Ezekwesili-led Bring Back Our
Girls group, which has been pressing for the
recovery of the missing girls. READ ALSO: Chibok girls? The identity of suicide bombers held in Cameroon REVEALED “You can’t get what is not missing,” he stated. Fayose, speaking in Ado Ekiti during a two-day
workshop organized by Women Arise for
Change Initiative, said: “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.” “It pains me that some of the human rights
activists had gone since the advent of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s government. They have
lost their voices. Where were they when DSS
invaded the Ekiti House of Assembly and
arrested a lawmaker and locked him up? “They were flouting court’s orders at will and
victimising opposition. It is better we
collectively speak up now or we are consumed. “In some homes, men had cowed their wives
and made them subservient. The wives have no
rights to claim or defend. But before you can
claim anything, the wives or female in general
must be up to the task. You have to be
intellectually and socially alert. READ ALSO: Year after election: We’ll judge Buhari after four years, like we did with GEJ –
Nigerians “Don’t just, because you are a woman, lose
your voice. With this, women shall collectively
regain what belongs to them”. The girls were abducted in April, 2014 by the
Boko Haram sect and had since been declared
missing by the federal government. When the Chibok girls were kidnapped, some
key Jonathan supporters openly doubted the
story, and believed it was part of a grand
design by the north to bring down the
Jonathan government. Nigerian army recorded a huge success in the
Boko Haram war, rescuing many people and
resizing all territories from the insurgents.
However, despite all the efforts, the Chibok girls
remain missing.