President Muhammadu Buhari has yet again, reiterated his commitment
to bring back the 219 girls kidnapped from Government Secondary in
Chibok, Borno State.
Consequently, the president has ordered an investigation into the abduction of the Chibok girls.
The panel, which will be named by the National Security Adviser, NSA,
General Babagana Munguno, will seek to unravel the remote and immediate
circumstances leading the kidnap of the girls by Boko Haram terrorists
as well the other events, actions and inactions that followed the
incident.
The President, in Abuja, who met with parents of the Chibok girls on
Thursday, re-assured them that he will stop at nothing to bring the girl
back home.
He said: “I assure you that I go to bed and wake up every day with
the Chibok girls on my mind. The unfortunate incident happened before
this government came into being.”
“What have we done since we assumed office? We re-organized the
military, removed all the service chiefs and ordered the succeeding
service chiefs to deal decisively with the Boko Haram insurgency.”
“In spite of the terrible economic condition we found ourselves in,
we tried to get some resources to give to the military to reorganize and
equip, retrain, deploy more troops and move more forcefully against
Boko Haram.”
“And you all know the progress we have made. When we came in Boko
Haram was in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno. Boko Haram has now been reduced to
areas around Lake Chad. Securing the Chibok girls is my
responsibility.”
“The service chiefs and heads of our security agencies will tell you
that in spite of the dire financial straits that we found the country
in, I continue to do my best to support their efforts in that regard.”
“This is a Nigeria where we were exporting average of two million
barrels per day at over 140 dollars per barrel. Now it is down to about
27 to 30 dollars. You have been reading in the press how they took
public funds, our funds, your funds and shared it, instead of buying
weapons.”
“That was the kind of leadership I succeeded. That was the kind of
economy I inherited. God knows I have done my best and I will continue
to do my best,” President Buhari said.