SSA Garba Shehu Issues Statement on Chibok Parents Visit

In a series of tweets via @GarShehu, Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s official Spokesperson (SSA, Media & Publicity) stated the government’s side of what supposedly went down today in a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the parents of the Chibok girls who were accompanied by members of #BringBackOurGirls advocacy movement and other civil society groups.

According to Garba Shehu, President Buhari reassured of the military’s ability to rescue the #ChibokGirls, but added that “intelligence is delicate and we don’t want to anything to jeopardize the lives of the girls.”

Check the series of tweets by the Special Adviser below

1. President @MBuhari has approved an investigation into the theft of the 219 gIrls from Government Secondary in Chibok, Borno State.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

2. The panel to investigate the incident which happened in April 2014 is soon to be named by the NSA, General Babagana Munguno.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

3. The investigation will seek to, among other things, unravel the remote and immediate circumstances leading the kidnap of the girls by…

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

4. …Boko Haram terrorists as well the other  events, actions and inactions that followed the incident.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

5. This came to light just as the President, in Abuja, assured parents of the Chibok girls that he has been doing his best & will continue..

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

6. …to do everything possible rescue them and re-unite them with their families.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

7. Speaking at a meeting attended by some parents of the abducted girls, representatives of the Chibok community…

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

8. …and members of the Bring Back Our Girls movement at the Conference Hall of the State House,…

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

9. …President @MBuhari said that he remained fully committed to his pledge to do all within his powers to save the girls.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

10. "I assure you that I go to bed and wake up every day with  the Chibok girls on my mind." -President @MBuhari

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

11. "The unfortunate incident happened before this government came into being."

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

12. "What have we done since we assumed office?We re-organized the military, removed all the service chiefs and…

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

13. …ordered the succeeding service chiefs to deal decisively with the Boko Haram insurgency."

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

14. "In spite of the terrible economic condition, we tried to get some resources to give to the military to reorganize and equip,…

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

15. …retrain, deploy more troops and move more forcefully against Boko Haram."

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

16. "And you all know the progress we have made." -President @MBuhari

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

17. "When we came in Boko Haram was in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno. Boko Haram has now been reduced to areas around Lake Chad."

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

18. "Securing the Chibok girls is my responsibility." -President @MBuhari

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

19. "The service chiefs & heads of our security agencies will tell you that despite the dire financial straits that we found the country in,

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

20. …I continue to do my best to support their efforts in that regard."

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

21. "This is a Nigeria where we were exporting average of 2m barrels daily at over 140 USD per barrel. Now it is down to about 27 to 30 USD"

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

22. "You have been reading in the press how they took public funds, our funds, your funds and shared it, instead of buying weapons."

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

23. "That was the kind of leadership I succeeded. That was the kind of economy I inherited."

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

24. "God knows I have done my best and I will continue to do my best," -President @MBuhari

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016

25. @NGRPresident was accompanied by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali,

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 14, 2016