Facts have emerged of how the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was swindled of billions of dollars in the process of negotiating for the release of the Chibok schoolgirls.
Over 200 female students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Born state were abducted by members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, in April 2014.
It was gathered that in the process of negotiating for the release of the girls, some people turned it into a business, promising to negotiate for the release of the girls even when they knew they could not.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina confirmed this position in a radion programme.
Adesina, who featured on Radio Continental, 102.3 FM, with the transcript made available late yesterday, said some people turned the negotiation for the Chibok girls into a franchise, thus milking the government of billions of dollars.
In answer to a question as to whether there is any ongoing negotiation for the release of the Chibok girls, Adesina said: “We need to know a little bit of what happened behind the scenes, between the last government and some people masquerading as the leadership of Boko Haram who wanted to get the Chibok girls released.
“They actually turned it into a franchise. It became a commercial thing and they got money, possibly in millions of dollars, only for government to discover it had been swindled.
“They kept saying they could get the girls released, they could interface with Boko Haram and they went smiling to the bank with all that money and nothing happened.
“So you should understand why this government is being careful and the President has said the genuineness of the leadership of Boko Haram must be determined before any negotiation takes place.” [myad]
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