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Chibok girls: New York Post replies Jonathan

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June 30 2014
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President Good­luck Jonathan has been accused of playing news­paper column diplomacy with the fate of the over 200 students of Govern­ment Girls Secondary School, Chibok abducted by Boko Haram militants on April 14.

The accusation comes on the heels of the president’s opinion published by Unit­ed States-based newspa­per, the Washington Post on Friday. Jonathan had explained reason for his silence on efforts to rescue the girls, saying he did not want to compromise inves­tigation. But hours after the publication of the article ti­tled: “Goodluck Jonathan: Nothing is more important than bringing home Nige­ria’s missing girls,” another American newspaper, the New York Post, wrote an editorial, accusing Jona­than of playing “newspaper column diplomacy.” As at press time, both the New York Post’s editorial titled “Goodluck Nigeria” and the president’s article have gone viral in the social me­dia.

The New York Post’s edi­torial read: “When in April the Islamist group Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 girls from their school in northeast Nigeria, it com­manded global attention and sparked a #BringBack­OurGirls movement.

“But the girls are still missing. The campaign seems to have moved from hashtag demands to news­paper column diplomacy. On Friday, The Washington Post carried an op-ed by no less than the president of Nigeria himself, Goodluck Jonathan.

“In it he wrote, “Some­thing positive can come out of (this situation) in Nigeria.” He says, “Most important, the return of the Chibok girls, but also new international cooperation to deny havens to terrorists and destroy their organiza­tions.”

“And he says he’s go­ing to ask the UN Gen­eral Assembly to establish and coordinate a system to share intelligence, etc. Remember, this is the same leader whose mili­tary initially claimed it had freed the girls, whose wife’s anger was directed at Nigerians protesting the government’s inaction rather than the kidnappers and who presides over “Africa’s largest economy and fourth-largest armed forces.

“Meanwhile, this week Boko Haram kidnapped an­other 90 Nigerian children and set off a massive bomb in the heart of the nation’s capital. Apparently the government’s secret plan to get the girls back which President Jonathan says he has to “remain quiet about” isn’t much impressing them.”

All efforts made to reach the President’s special adviser Media, Dr, Rueben Abati  for his reaction before press time proved abortive.

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Comments 4

  1. BlackieUmukoro says:
    11 years ago

    That it is those negative reports in the foreign media that lai muhammed and his APC will harp on to discredit the PDP led FG is regretable and unpartrotic

    Reply
    • Es3 says:
      11 years ago

      You got it on spot!

      Axelrod (and his team) from the US that Lai Mohammed’s APC hired to attack Jonathan is really working for his fat millions in dollars pay!!!

      Reply
      • BlackieUmukoro says:
        11 years ago

        If only Nigerians will open their eyes and see the fraud that APC is. Boko haram Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

        Reply
  2. samal54 says:
    11 years ago

    May God save us all.

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