STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH CHIBOK GIRLS, PRESIDENCY DENIED N100 MILLION GIFT TO CHIBOK GIRLS PARENTS!

The Presidency yesterday denied parting with monetary gifts to some parents of the over 200 secondary school girls abducted in Chibok, Borno State by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The parents met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa last week Tuesday.

Reacting to the report that money was given to Chibok parents, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati said: “The allegation is completely untrue. Nobody distributed any envelope after the meeting.”

“The meeting was held in the Villa, a public place. After the meeting, the President left and the parents as well as the children went into their buses in the presence of the media.”

“There was no time after the meeting when envelopes were distributed or money was given.”

Stressing that the President will never do anything to bribe anybody, he said: “This issue is not about money. We are talking about human lives here.”

“The allegation is completely wild. What they are claiming is unknown to the President. Whoever is claiming it should prove it because no such thing happened.”

The commitment of the President, he said, is to get the girls back safely and not about bribing anybody.

“This is a very serious matter and we will like to appeal to those who want to play politics with it, using all kinds of tricks to ridicule the efforts of the administration, to always appeal to their individual conscience and realize that what we are dealing with here is a very serious matter and not a matter of mischief.” He stated