- An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why 110 schoolgirls were abducted from Dapchi
- Lauretta Onochie said system failure led to the recent abduction of school girls from Government Girls' Science and Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe state.
- She said if those responsible for protecting the Chibok girls were punished after the 2014 abduction, the Dapchi incident would not have happened
The presidency has revealed why Boko Haram terrorists managed to abduct 110 schoolgirls from Government Girls' Science and Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe state.
The personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie said system failure led to the recent abduction of school girls in the north east region.
In a series of tweet on Monday, March 5, Onochie while condemning the latest attack in Taraba state which left 20 people killed described such acts as evil.
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Bemoaning the failure to appropriately punish people who do wrong, the presidential aide said if those who were saddled with the responsibility of protecting the Chibok girls abducted on April 14, 2014 were punished, the Dapchi abduction would not have happened.
Onochie said: "We have a culture of not punishing those who do wrong. Consequently, we experience system failures. If those whose duty it was to protect the Chibok Girls were arrested, tried and jailed, we would have been saved the repeated agony of the Dapchi Girls. No consequences meted."
The presidential aide also alleged that the 2014 abduction of over 200 schoolgirls were swept under the carpet by the past administration despite world outrage.
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She accused the past administration of having lived in total denial on issues surrounding the abduction of the girls.
Onochie added that despite the effort of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, the present government is constantly being abused and harassed for upholding justice and fighting corruption.
She warned that unless the Nigerian state and its people resort to allowing the law take its cause such crimes and possibly more abduction by the terrorist group will continue.
"We are abused & intimidated & harassed when we publish the series of victories recorded by agencies responsible for recovering our stolen funds from those who stole our common wealth and left us in abject poverty.
"Stop playing blame games", they tell us. For them, it's a game
Unless we allow the law to go after the smell of crimes by punishing those who break our laws, irrespective of their status and who they know in our nation, the system that failed the Chibok and the Dapchi Girls will continue unabated. Sadly, lives will continue to be lost," Onochie said.
See her tweets below:
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NAIJ.com earlier reported that a lawmaker had blamed President Buhari over the abduction of the girls from the school in Dapchi, Yobe state.
Oladipupo Adebutu, who represents Remo federal constituency at the House of Representatives said the president weakness contributed to the abduction.
Adebutu also called for the resignation of President Buhari should his administration fail to rescue the girls.
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Source: Naija.ng