Chibok girls: Nigerian service chiefs make shocking decision on their fate
– The heads of the Nigerian military have snubbed a Senate meeting on the Chibok girls
– The Senate invited the senior security officials to elaborate on the measures being taken to degrade Boko Haram
– The over 200 girls from Chibok, who were abducted from their school more than two years ago, remain tine terrorists’ clutches
The Service Chiefs of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the National Security Adviser (NSA) yesterday shunned the Nigerian Senate’s invitation to discuss the ongoing anti-Boko Haram campaign and attempts to rescue the abducted Chibok girls.
According to Leadership, no explanation was given for their absence, and only the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase and the Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS) Lawal Daura were in attendance.
The Nigerian service chiefs have been accused of ignoring the Chibok girls
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu who presided over the closed session, said the Senate was briefed by the head of the DSS and the IGP on the efforts at rescuing the abducted Chibok girls for the past two years.
“The senate was briefed by the Director-General, State Security Service and the Inspector General of Police on the abduction of the Chibok school girls and efforts to rescue them in the last two years,” Ekweremadu said.
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“We urged them to continue and should leave no stone unturned to achieve to rescue the Chibok girls. Thereafter they answered questions bothering under topical national security issues from very distinguished senators.”
IGP Arase, seen her with President Buhari, was one of the few senior security officials to attend the meeting
It would be recalled that the Senate on Thursday last week summoned the service chiefs to appear before it in a closed door session to explain how the Nigerian military and security forces are handling the anti-terror campaign.
It is currently unknown whether the service chiefs will be issued another invitation or if they will be compelled to attend.
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The 276 Chibok girls were abducted from their school in Borno state just over two years ago.
Though several of the girls were later freed, 219 remain in the captivity of Boko Haram.
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