Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,
yesterday, expressed frustration in his bid to secure the
release of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno
State, by Boko Haram Islamist sect, saying that although he
has ways of reaching the sect, Federal Government has not
permitted him to negotiate with the terrorists.
He also made a grim comment about the fate of the girls,
saying that some of them would never return.
Speaking in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored
in Kaduna yesterday, Obasanjo said: “Perhaps, succeeding
generations would continue to remember those female students
who were abducted.
“Only those that would later get pregnant and the sect
members would find it difficult to cater for the babies in the
forest might be released.
“I have ways of communicating with Boko Haram members, but
the government has not permitted me to do so.”
He was of the view that the girls might have been separated
and not kept at the same location.
He said: “I believe that some of them will never return. We will
still be hearing about them many years from now. Some will
give birth to children, but if the sect members cannot take
care of them in the forest, they may be released.”
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