Abducted Schoolgirls: Obasanjo Says Jonathan Should Have Acted Quicker

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the Federal Government should have done better with the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls saga which has generated plenty of local and international attention. The former President also condemned the sect for endangering the lives of young women who still have so much to give to the Nigerian society. The President Jonathan led Federal Government has been pilloried by the international community and at home for not striking the iron while it was hot and Obasanjo remarked along the same lines in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the state government on the adoption of a junior secondary school and a primary school in Kudai, Dutse. “The Federal Government could have acted quickly when the news broke so as to save the innocent girls, but nothing was done. The future of the girls is significant as such everything possible must be done to rescue them”. He also said Boko Haram was taking its cause against the Nigerian State too far with the abduction of the young women. “Whatever might have been the grievances of the group of people behind the adoption of these girls, whatever might have been their anger or objectives, it was uncalled for, considering the importance of these girls.”