Friday, February fourteenth, the UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.
Nigerian government denies paying $21M to free Chibok girls
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Presidency has come out to deny the reports flying around that the Federal
Government paid the amount of $21million to Boko Haram leadership for the
release of 21 Chibok girls in October.
This
is contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, where he faulted some
reports that the ransom cash was being used by Boko Haram insurgents to buy
arms to launch fresh attacks on the country.
“Over
the past few days, some newspaper reports ascribing the recent terrorist
attacks in Borno State to the government’s negotiation of the release of 21
Chibok girls, with a particular report alleging the exchange of US$21 million
for the girls are false and should be disregarded by members of the public.
This loose talk is journalism at its most irresponsible and it’s most
dismaying, the statement reads.
“As
a responsible government that is run on the basis of the constitution and
budgets duly appropriated by the National Assembly, we have no such money under
any allocation to pay out this outrageous sum of money as ransom.
“Beyond
the call of journalism, the newspaper making this charge has a national duty to
point how and where this money was paid, and to supply leads as to where the
“powerful weapons” were bought by the terrorists.”
“From
the inception of President Buhari’s administration, the media, local and
international groups, have persistently pressured the government to do
everything possible to facilitate the release of the Chibok girls,” it added.
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