Chibok girls: ‘We may need to pay the highest price to release them’ – Senator
– Senator Shehu Sani still believes that the missing Chibok girls can be freed
– However, he noted that Nigeria may have to pay a very high price to secure the release of the abducted girls by releasing some captured Boko Haram members
– According to Sani, the federal government should set up a special committee which will do everything possible including persuading and negotiating with the insurgents
“We may have to pay a very high price to get these girls out now. It is possible to free them.”
Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central senatorial zone does not lose hope and believes that the missing Chibok girls can be freed and reunited with their families.
However, he has recently noted that Nigeria may have to pay a very high price to secure the release of the abducted school girls by releasing some captured Boko Haram members.
Vanguard reports that the senator expressed worries while fielding questions from journalists in Kaduna after donating assorted materials, equipment and machines valued at N42 million to hospitals, schools, women and youths centres to the seven local government areas in his constituency.
“It is very unfortunate that we could not get this out on time. They have spent two years in captivity now. The good thing now is that the government of Muhammadu Buhari has degraded the capacity of the insurgents to hold unto any territory or to carry out their usual big scales attacks. But we may have to pay a very high price to get these girls out now. It is possible to free them,” he said.
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According to Sani, the federal government should set up a special committee which has its mandates and responsibilities.
The committee should do everything possible including persuading and negotiating with the insurgents with terms on how to get these girls out.
“There is the need to set up another committee to ensure that both sides abide by the rules set up for the negotiation. This committee should include international bodies like the United Nations. I think we may need to pay the highest price to get these girls out even if it means freeing some of their members in detention. I don’t like this academic argument of saying, ‘if this happens, then that thing will happen’,” he noted.
The senator noted that the Chibok girls continue to stay in the hands of the terrorists simply because of class difference.
“This is the truth of the hostage situation in Nigeria. When the children of the high and mighty are abducted, or their wives and brothers are kidnapped it takes no time to secure their freedom,” he added.
Meanwhile, Oby Ezekwesili, the convener of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement, has accused the federal government of not doing enough to rescue the Chibok girls.
She noted that the girls would have been rescued if they were the daughters of the elite, and added that their abduction symbolises “our failure as a nation”.
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