The Presidency has distanced itself from reports that it fixed a
date in conjunction with Boko Haram for the release of the
abducted Chibok girls.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr.
Doyin Okupe, stated that the reports were “mischievous rumours”
aimed at discrediting the government.
According to Okupe, the Federal Government chose neither October
20 nor any other date with the Islamist sect, in the widely
publicised ceasefire deal.
“Nobody said the (Chibok) girls would be released on Monday
(October 20). It was a mischievous rumour to set government up,”
Okupe wrote on Twitter while fending off criticisms of the Federal
Government on the botched ceasefire deal.
The presidential aide, however, expressed optimism that the
collapsed deal would sail through but maintained silence on the
fate of the Chibok girls.
Source: punch.ng
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