Information reaching Greenbarge Reporters has indicated how the Nigeria former minister of education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili used her #BringBackOurGirls hashtag to rake in over N3 billion from various international and national donors in her advocate for the return of Chibok Girls from captivity.
It was learnt that the money, mainly in dollars and Euros, was lodged directly either into the bank account of Ezekwesili or that of her children in the United States of America, as the hashtag or the None Governmental Organization (NGO) has no bank account.
Our informants gave the details of such money as follows:
- $5 million from American Black Congress Caucus
- $7 million from Joint US Foundations
- $10 million from US Private sector
- $7 million from Hollywood
- $6 million from Swiss Bank
- $3 million from Nigerian anonymous donors
- 4 million Euro from European Governments
- 5 million Euro from Scandinavian countries
It was gathered that no member of the BBOG is aware of the donations except one of her accomplices.
Efforts to reach Mrs. Ezekwesili to comment on the matter proved abortive as she did not pick calls and did not respond to text message.
It would be recalled that Ezekwesili has been in the forefront in the fight for the retrieval of over 260 female students of the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state, who were abducted from their school by members of Boko Haram on April 14, 2014.
The former education minister recently joined others to visit Sambisa forest, the operational headquarter of Boko Haram, which was conquered by the Nigerian armed forces in the course of fighting the insurgents. [myad]
