BBOG: We’re Disappointed with Buhari's Sluggishness in Rescuing our Girls

The Bring Back Our Girls Group, (BBOG) Friday, expressed its disappointment with the way and manner President Muhammadu Buhari was handling the issue of the Chibok girls who were abducted in more than 816 days ago.

The group, in its One Year Engagement with the President commemoration, urged the President to do away with empty talks and match his words with actions.

Speaking to THISDAY exclusively on behalf of the group, Aisha Yesufu, one of the leading members the group, said, "Absolutely, as members of BBOG, we are very, very disappointed with the fact that everything is coming out so sluggishly and so slowly."

Amina at the event to mark exactly one year of BBOG engagement with President Muhammadu Buhari, held at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, said, "Well, I wondered what is it that is holding the President that after one year, he had not made any move for the rescue of these girls. Because, he needs to make something decisive because, the last time we heard the President, December 2015, coming out to say that he doesn't have the credible Intel about the whereabouts of our Chibok girls.

"This is absurd because, Amina was rescued, I mean found rather on May 17th, 2016 and as far as we are concerned, she is the one that can give the most credible intelligence that is available and she did mention that her sisters are there and waiting to be rescued. So, it is disappointing for the fact that the President has not been able to seize this and about to use this after debriefing Amina."

According to Aisha, "I heard today that the President is talking about a committee and this committee is not all about saying that, oh, we even have the names but, a committee that was set up almost six months ago, January 14th, to be precise. From the presidency, they can come out to say they want to set up a committee. They might have all the time in the world but, our Chibok girls don't have all the time in the world. All those that are suffering out of the act of the insurgency do not have all the time in the world and we need the needful to be done immediately.

“Whatever intelligence they would have been able to get from Amina to rescue her sisters who are waiting there and today 816 days and they have been in captivity. So, I think the President should not just say words but, his words need to match actions", she said.