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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday in Jigawa condemned the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno.
He appealed to the abductors to release them without any condition because the girls were innocent and should not be made to suffer unreasonably.
“Whatever the grievances, objectives and anger of this group of people who are behind this abduction, they should not have acted on these innocent girls.
“We condemn their action and also appeal to them to release these girls unconditionally because they have important contributions for the future of this country,” Obasanjo said.
The former president sympathised with the parents of the girls but added that people should not be discouraged to send their female children to school.
He said Nigerians should see what happened as a stumble and not a fall and be challenged to give their girls good education.
He appealed to the abductors to release them without any condition because the girls were innocent and should not be made to suffer unreasonably.
“Whatever the grievances, objectives and anger of this group of people who are behind this abduction, they should not have acted on these innocent girls.
“We condemn their action and also appeal to them to release these girls unconditionally because they have important contributions for the future of this country,” Obasanjo said.
The former president sympathised with the parents of the girls but added that people should not be discouraged to send their female children to school.
He said Nigerians should see what happened as a stumble and not a fall and be challenged to give their girls good education.
