Doubt Over Chibok Abduction Unfortunate –Shettima

 
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno has described as unfortunate doubts in some quarters over the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls at Chibok.
Shettima, who spoke while receiving members of the Presidential fact-finding committee on abduction of Chibok schoolgirls at the Maiduguri Government House yesterday, said the Chibok incident exposed the leadership weakness in Nigerian leaders. He said the doubt over the Chibok incident emanated from more emphasis being laid on politics than governance.
“The Chibok incident, for me, has grossly exposed our weighty weakness as leaders in terms of assuming our shared responsibilities.
“In the two or three months, the entire western world mobilized men and resources, contributed so much funds in the search for a Malaysian airline which is believed to have crashed into the ocean. Majority in the western world suspected  that the crew and passengers of that Malaysian airline are most probably dead. Despite that, massive investment was and still being deployed in the search for whatever can be found as remains of those in that plane and its wreckage.
“Now, while that is going on, here is Nigeria, there was a report that over 200 human creatures, young Nigerian girls about completing their
secondary school education, where attacked in their school at night and whisked away like slaves in ancient years. And some Nigerians, one of them a former Minister and one time member of the Federal Executive Council which is the highest decision making body of this country, worst of all, a woman and a mother came out to cast doubt over the abduction of these girls,” the governor stated.
He said Mrs Kema Chikwe completely disregarded the sensitivity of the kidnapped issue, the pains of the agonizing parents and that of the government. He noted that other Nigerians that came to adopt the unfortunate view, only anchored Mrs Chikwe “unreasonable submission.”
He said doubt over the abduction pained him and Borno people as much as the incident itself, the childish theory that his government stage-managed the abduction in order to create basis to stop the extension of emergency rule in Borno, makes no sense. “If a government doesn’t want extension of emergency and chooses to fake happenings, the government should rather deny that the abduction ever took place, evil as that is, because the abduction is enough basis for the emergency extension given the fact that the incident puts a message across that there is new and big threat to students in schools, hence the need for extension of emergency rule,” he added.
On the claim that Borno  government did not heed to warnings that Chibok was unsafe for the students before the abduction, he said the parents would not have allowed their children attend the school if the area was unsafe as claimed by WAEC.
He disclosed that leadership requires taking right decision even in most unpopular situation, adding that he inherited the crisis but would not shy away from his responsibility as governor.
Source:sunnewsonline.com