‘Don’t lie about Boko Haram fight,’ ex-minister tells FG

monjola sotubo

February 2, 2016 2:21 PM

Ezekwesili, the leader of the Bring Back Our Girls group, made the call on Monday, February 1, 2016, during the group’s daily sit-out in Abuja.

Former Education Minister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili has urged the government not to lie to Nigerians about the fight against terror in the country.

“The government cannot afford to go to the old ways where lies were fed to the people. Let there be truthfulness,” she said.

“Government should not create a trust deficit syndrome because it will be difficult to mend. Everything that the government is doing concerning the war, they should tell the truth. We will get used to it and join in the solution.

“What drove us out of our comfort zone is that we got tired of not doing anything. We will continue with our core value. No matter what anyone want to do, this advocacy will continue. A pledge is a pledge.

“We made a pledge to parents of the Chibok girls and will not fail in this pledge. We have gone through a lot. But what we have gone through is little of what the 219 girls are going through in the hands of the Boko Haram sect.

“Let nobody succeed in making us feel we should not continue. We will continue until the girls are back. The girls deserve justice and they have not been given justice. We are unhappy that they are spending close to two years in the hands of the terrorists.

“I have not lost hope. There is no basis to lose hope. Though we might be depressed sometimes, we won’t lose hope.

“We will stand for the girls. We will hold on to the commitment the president made to the Chibok girls’ parents and Nigerians. We believe that he will keep his promise and bring the girls back.

“Some people have been vocal about our Chibok girls, but now they feel the Chibok girls are distractions. Our Chibok girls are not distractions. Once were those that say, government should bring back the Chibok girls,” she added.

The Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram in April 2014 and most of them still remain in captivity.

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