Release of Chibok 'Abductees' - The Great Cover-Up Begins

by Eze Eluchie,

According to Nigeria’s appropriately named Minister for Information, Mr. Lai (Lie) Mohammed, after holding several hundred school girls from Chibok for over 900 days, dreaded Boko Haram terrorists, after ‘extensive negotiations’ with Nigerian authorities simply dropped off 21 of the school girls they had in their custody somewhere near the border with Cameroun and informed state authorities where to pick the young ladies!

In his own version of what is fast turning out to be an avalanche of spurious suspect tales being churned out by officials of Nigeria’s current ruling junta, the Vice President, supposedly a Professor of Law, Yemi Osibajo, informed a Press Conference that there had been no swap of prisoners to effect the release of the girls and that “God truly helped us in the negotiations” – one will truly wonder what precise role(s) this god played in touching the heart of terrorists to unconditionally release girls they have held for over 2 years.

The ‘expertise’ being exhibited by those negotiating on behalf of Nigeria’s ruling junta in their negotiations with ISIS-linked Boko Haram will sure be required by the International Community as efforts are made to route out ISIS from Mosul. Perhaps the Nigerian negotiators, who ‘succeeded’ in pricing out 21 ‘abducted’ girls from ISIS-linked Boko Haram with no conditions attached, may consider organizing a crash-course for Iraqi and the United States-led Coalition Forces presently assembling around Mosul so that the world may be spared the ensuing bloodbath efforts to liberate Mosul will certainly turn out to be.

The really sad and worrisome aspect of the shambolic release of the 21 Chibok girls is the haste with which the Nigerian Government, in a bid to exploit what they must have reasoned was a PR opportunity, hurriedly transported the ‘released’ girls to Abuja for a photo-shoot event with the Presidency and thrust the vanquished and vulnerable girls before what was clearly a traumatizing array of journalists and flashlights. Less than 12 hours after the girls were supposedly ‘released’ from the hold of terrorists who held them for over 900 days, without any opportunity to be with their immediate families and or professional counselling, the girls were being aggressively showcased in a manner that left many of them in tears and visibly reclining deeper.

The release of 21 of the girls is obviously a kite being flown. International reaction to this initial phase will go a long way to determine if more will be released or whether the ensuing focus and attention will be considered too burdensome, thus necessitating the expiration of any of the remaining girls..

The world was shocked by the news of the Chibok abductions; the international community was made to carry posters with the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag; The Nigerian Government must thus be forthcoming with explanations when required of it over these releases, and over the entire Chibok 'abduction' fiasco for that matter.

Time for accountability over the Chibok ‘abductions’ is nigh!

Picture: Nigeria’s Vice President, Mr. Osinbajo, addressing the ‘released’ Chibok girls shortly after they were flown for the photo-opportunity in Abuja.