The Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria,
Mr. Isah Braimah, has absolved his
country of funding or arming the Boko
Haram insurgents.
He asked the BringBackOurGirls
coalition members who visited his
mission on Wednesday in Abuja, to
meet the Federal Government for
answers on the abducted Chibok girls.
The envoy, stated that his country had
no inkling on the whereabouts of the
over 200 Chibok girls who were
abducted by the Boko Haram sect in
April, 2014, stressing that it is the
Nigerian government that should be
held responsible for the rescue of the
school girls.
Members of the BBOG had stormed the
Chadian embassy located at Maitama,
Abuja, with banners, asking the
Chadian government to explain its
roles in the insurgency in the North-
East.
They also demanded a response to a
media report that a close ally of the
Chadian President, had been arrested
by Cameroonian gendarmes, with
lethal arms meant for Boko Haram.
The leader of the BBOG members,
Aisha Yesufu, who led four
representatives of the movement to
the meeting with the ambassador,
quoted him as saying that Chad was
not supporting Boko Haram insurgents
in its war against Nigeria.
According to Yesufu, the envoy
accused the Nigeria Police Force of
dragging the name of his county in the
mud by alleging that it arrested a
Chadian with arms, adding that
Braimah challenged the Police to
provide evidence of Chadian
involvement in the terrorism in
Nigeria.
The BBOG leader, who briefed other
coalition members after the meeting
outside the Chadian embassy gate,
stated that the ambassador could not
provide satisfactory answers to many
questions that were posed to him on
the Boko Haram insurgency and his
nation’s questionable roles.
“The ambassador said the way they
practiced Islam in his country is
different from Nigeria because
Muslims co-exist peacefully with
others. He said we should meet our
government for answers on the Chibok
girls and denied that his country was
supporting or sponsoring Boko
Haram,”Yesufu explained.
She said that the group was advised to
send a letter to President Idriss Deby
of Chad, who would be expected to
give detailed response to BBOG’s
inquiries.
Yesufu further said her movement
would also dispatch a letter to
President Goodluck Jonathan, as
advised by the envoy, to demand an
update on efforts being made to
rescue the Chibok girls who have been
in Boko Haram captivity for seven
months.
Earlier, the BBOG girls had a tough
time accessing the embassy, as
stern-looking policemen and women
from the FCT Police Command manned
the embassy gate, thinking the
campaigners wanted to foment
trouble.
But an embassy official discussed
with the leaders of the BBOG and it
was agreed that five members would
be allowed to have a meeting with the
ambassador.
Mr. Isah Braimah, has absolved his
country of funding or arming the Boko
Haram insurgents.
He asked the BringBackOurGirls
coalition members who visited his
mission on Wednesday in Abuja, to
meet the Federal Government for
answers on the abducted Chibok girls.
The envoy, stated that his country had
no inkling on the whereabouts of the
over 200 Chibok girls who were
abducted by the Boko Haram sect in
April, 2014, stressing that it is the
Nigerian government that should be
held responsible for the rescue of the
school girls.
Members of the BBOG had stormed the
Chadian embassy located at Maitama,
Abuja, with banners, asking the
Chadian government to explain its
roles in the insurgency in the North-
East.
They also demanded a response to a
media report that a close ally of the
Chadian President, had been arrested
by Cameroonian gendarmes, with
lethal arms meant for Boko Haram.
The leader of the BBOG members,
Aisha Yesufu, who led four
representatives of the movement to
the meeting with the ambassador,
quoted him as saying that Chad was
not supporting Boko Haram insurgents
in its war against Nigeria.
According to Yesufu, the envoy
accused the Nigeria Police Force of
dragging the name of his county in the
mud by alleging that it arrested a
Chadian with arms, adding that
Braimah challenged the Police to
provide evidence of Chadian
involvement in the terrorism in
Nigeria.
The BBOG leader, who briefed other
coalition members after the meeting
outside the Chadian embassy gate,
stated that the ambassador could not
provide satisfactory answers to many
questions that were posed to him on
the Boko Haram insurgency and his
nation’s questionable roles.
“The ambassador said the way they
practiced Islam in his country is
different from Nigeria because
Muslims co-exist peacefully with
others. He said we should meet our
government for answers on the Chibok
girls and denied that his country was
supporting or sponsoring Boko
Haram,”Yesufu explained.
She said that the group was advised to
send a letter to President Idriss Deby
of Chad, who would be expected to
give detailed response to BBOG’s
inquiries.
Yesufu further said her movement
would also dispatch a letter to
President Goodluck Jonathan, as
advised by the envoy, to demand an
update on efforts being made to
rescue the Chibok girls who have been
in Boko Haram captivity for seven
months.
Earlier, the BBOG girls had a tough
time accessing the embassy, as
stern-looking policemen and women
from the FCT Police Command manned
the embassy gate, thinking the
campaigners wanted to foment
trouble.
But an embassy official discussed
with the leaders of the BBOG and it
was agreed that five members would
be allowed to have a meeting with the
ambassador.
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