The
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged the All Progressives Congress (APC)
and some officials in the Presidency staged the abduction of the schoolgirls in
Dapchi, Yobe State, for political purposes.
The party
made the allegation on Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja addressed by
its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.
About 110
girls were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from their school in Dapchi on
February 19, bringing back to memory an earlier incident in April 2014 at a school
in Chibok where the terrorists trucked away over 200 schoolgirls.
The
abductors returned 105 of the girls to Dapchi Wednesday morning, while scores
of the Chibok girls remain in captivity, the Nigerian government said.
But the
PDP said the Dapchi abduction was a poorly crafted tragicomedy and described
the release of the girls as “a scam of no equal dimension,” saying it was sure
Nigerians are not blind to see.
“Our party
considers this act as wicked, callous and tormenting to use innocent
schoolgirls as pawns in an ignoble script that was designed to hoodwink
Nigerians and orchestrate a great rescue and security prowess of a conquering
general, all to push a 2019 reelection bid, is an unpardonable gamble with
human lives.
“Nigerians
are not ready to forgive the APC and the Presidency for the torments inflicted
on the girls, their parents and the human community worldwide just to score a
cheap political point.
“Nigerians
know that the main aim of this devilish act was to delude the public, set the
stage for an orchestrated rescue, create a heroic myth and false sense of
achievement around the APC administration and serve as a spur for President
Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to contest the 2019 presidential election,
perhaps in the coming weeks.”
The opposition
party said it has seen no evidence that the Boko Haram insurgents or any
militant group abducted the schoolgirls, adding, “what is evident to all is the
high level official manipulation of security movements in Dapchi both in the
staged abduction and the returning of the traumatized schoolgirls.
“It is
instructive to note that till date, no report has been presented by the
National Security Adviser (NSA), who has been charged by President Muhammadu
Buhari with investigation of the abduction. This is in addition to deliberate
efforts by the government to suppress free flow of information around the
abduction.
The party
demanded for the arrest of all involved, while calling on the United Nations
(UN) to declare this act, a crime against humanity while it investigates the
matter.
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