Former
President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday condemned the abduction of more than 200
schoolgirls in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. He made
the condemnation during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
the Jigawa State Government to adopt a junior secondary school and a primary
school in Kudai, Dutse.
He appealed to the abductors to release them without any condition because the girls were innocent and should not be made to suffer unreasonably.
“Whatever
the grievances, objectives and anger of this group of people who are behind
this abduction, they should not have acted on these innocent girls.
“We
condemn their action and also appeal to them to release these girls
unconditionally because they have important contributions for the future of
this country,” Obasanjo said. He also sympathised with the parents of the girls
but added that people should not be discouraged to send their female children
to school.
Obasanjo
said Nigerians should see what happened as a stumble and not a fall and be
challenged to give their girls good education. He prayed and expressed the hope
that the girls would be found and delivered to their parents.
The
former president said that his visit to the state was to fulfill a promise he
made during Jigawa Economic Summit to adopt a school and transform it to a
model on the African continent.
Obasanjo said that the gesture was to compliment the efforts of Gov.
Sule Lamido in promoting girl-child education in the state while Gov. Lamido
thanked him for his support and cooperation for the development of the state.
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