The Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group leader Dr Oby Ezekwesili debunk the news making the round that President Buhari walked out of the Chibok girls parents when he met with the group and the grieving families.
It can be recalled that the BBOG group and the Chibok girls Parent matched to Aso Rock in continuation of their demand for their daughters to be released,as they arrived the Aso villa ,Shehu Garba,Presidential Spokesman ,Minister of Defence
and Women affair met them and said the president won't be able to attend to them that moment because he has other engagement,but they opt to sit and wait at the banquet hall.
The Minister of Women Affairs faulted the group arrival with prior notice, In responds
The Group Leader Oby said “I don’t understand why you can be chiding the parents and the movement. These parents were triggered by the words of the president who promised to rescue their daughters.”
Also In a message from her Twitter handle @Obyezeks she said contrary to what was said by some members of the group, President Buhari did not walk out of the parents of the missing Chibok girls at the meeting.
DAY 640 of our Chibok Girls’ Meeting with the President. No. President @MBuhari did not walk out on parents. The parents just did not feel him.“Of all that happened, my pain was his failure to connect to the parent’s agony.Our President missed opportunity of emotionally connecting with grieving parents.
“All that the President needed to do after speaking , was walk up to those mothers and dads and speak as a dad,” the leader of BBOG tweeted.
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