A new controversy is brewing in Chibok village,
with parents of the abducted girls alleging that they
have been shortchanged by Chibok community
leaders who received N100million cash gift from
the Presidency, on their behalf.
Although a presidential aide denied any such
gift to Chibok parents, through their leaders,
one parent, Mr Abdu Halidu, told the BBC that
he got only N200, 000 from the money.
Now the parents of the missing girls are
saying that the amount shared to them is
unacceptable. According to Mr Halidu “I got
only N200, 000 out of the said N100 million.
Some of us got N300,000 and some less
than that. Our leaders in Abuja are using the
girls to enrich themselves and this is
unacceptable.” Continue...
Over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen
who stormed the Government Secondary School in
Chibok, Borno State, North-East Nigeria in the
dead of the night of April 15, ordering all the girls
out of their hostels into four lorries.
On July 22, a special presidential meeting was held
with the parents of the Chibok girls in the
Presidential Villa which afforded the Nigerian
President, Goodluck Jonathan, the opportunity to
empathize with the girls and their parents.
The President, after assuring the Chibok
community of his Government’s determination to
ensure that the abducted schoolgirls that are still
in captivity are brought out alive, reassured them
that everything would be done to make things
easier for them especially the ones that have
already escaped and the ones yet to be rescued.
President Jonathan also assured them that their
education would not be allowed to suffer. The
statement released by the Special Adviser to the
President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben
Abati, after the meeting made no mention of a cash
gift to the parents.
Community Leaders Deny
Meanwhile, the leadership of Kibaku community an
umbrella body for the Chibok community has
denied claims that money exchanged hands after
the community’s meeting with President Goodluck
Jonathan.
National Publicity Secretary of the community, Mr
Allen Manase, said that they also heard from the
media that monies were given to the families of the
abducted girls and such a story cannot be
confirmed because they do not have any
knowledge of the said exchange.
He went on to say that even if monies were to
exchange hands it should have been given to the
leadership of the community to ensure that it gets
to all affected persons.
He urged the Federal Government to instead
concentrate on rescuing the girls and returning
them to their families and then it can decide to help
in rehabilitating

ok. I reserve my comment

Why use money to scatter Chibok?
Is Jonah our new 'Mr money-miss-road'?
The problem goes beyond cash, jor.