Chibok abduction: We want our girls back alive – Tinubu tells FG

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has called on the Federal Government to explore all options to bring back the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram sect on April 14. The former Lagos State governor stated this at the National Executive Council meeting of the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said that government must protect the lives and property of its citizens in a transparent manner. Tinubu said, “We want them (girls) alive. It is a national tragedy and we have said that several times. All options must be examined to bring them quickly alive out of the trauma, it is a national tragedy.” Speaking on the foreign intervention in search of the missing girls, he said, “I don’t know what it has fetched us, how effective it has been. What we want is security for this nation in a transparent manner to protect lives and property of all citizens . “Whether marshal law or emergency rule, what has it produced till date? We have had a second round of emergencies. Is it ceremonial? What have we achieved with previous declarations of the state emergency? “We just want it in the gazette, the result justifies the means that it is not the state of emergency, it is the action, commitment, and effort to achieve the goal. “First, the unity, every member of the Armed Forces is involved. So what is an emergency about this? What I have not been able to dissect and understand is that these emergencies, have they effectively delivered the goals? They have not.” The former governor also said it would be very good “if we can utilise the presence of foreign armed forces to enhance the capacity of our military.” He added, “It (foreign support) is welcomed . It is very good if we utilise it effectively to enhance the capacity of our armed forces, to equally learn new things and improve the security around our various institutions, particularly the schools,” Tinubu added.