We didn’t meet with FG’s delegation – Chibok parents

We didn’t meet with FG’s delegation – Chibok parents

The people of Chibok, where over 200 girls were abducted on April 14, 2014, from
Government Secondary School, have denied that some parents of the missing
girls met with representatives of the Federal Government.
Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil, through his Special Adviser on
Media, Olawale Rasheed, had claimed that he met with some parents and
relatives of the abducted schoolgirls on Thursday in Maiduguri.
A statement by the Director of Publicity of Kibaku Area Development
Association, Dr. Allen Manasseh, on Friday, said the minister had not told the
truth concerning the identities of the people he met with, wondering why the
media were not invited to cover such an important engagement.
Manasseh said, “Barrister Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power, was
never in any meeting with any parent of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.
“He met with some displaced people from his local government, Damboa.”
Manasseh added that Wakil had shown his bias, saying the minister could not be
a representative of people in Borno State.
He said it was unfortunate that despite gaining political prominence as a member
of the House of Representatives, representing Chibok, Damboa and Gwoza, Wali
did not see himself as always welcome outside Damboa.
He explained that a few women from Chibok at the meeting were politicians and
associates of the minister, maintaining that they were not parents of the
abducted schoolgirls or representatives of the people of Chibok town.
He said, “I know the details of the meeting and it was never intended for Chibok
parents of the abducted girls. The Chibok people and many more from southern
Borno are even very angry with Barrister Mohammed Wakil. Ever since our people
kept suffering and are still languishing under the effects of terrorism, he never for
once come anywhere near us; he never shows sympathy for our situations.
Manasseh said, “Mohammed Wakil should bury him head in shame and and we
are waiting for him in Chibok whenever he deems fit to visit. But he should stop
deceiving Nigerians of what he has never done.
“The entire Chibok people are planning a media briefing to set the record straight.
“All those who spoke at his meeting in Maiduguri did that on their personal level,
not for the abducted girls parents or Chibok people in general.”