Politics Was Chibok Trip Cancelled Or Never Planned?: President Jonathan’s advance team sighted in Maiduguri

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Yesterday, the Presidency issued a denial saying the President never planned to visit Chibok, Borno state, however, President Goodluck Joanthan's advance advance team was spotted sighted in Maiduguri.

The advance team comprising of security and protocol officials usually go ahead of the president to a place he is scheduled to visit.

According to the Nation, the team arrived Maiduguri on Thursday for reconnaissance (or RECCE in military language) and other preparations.The advance team considered the route to Chibok by air or land ‘unsafe’ for the President’s visit.

An Anonymous source who spoke to the Nation said, "The President did not only plan to visit; all the relevant apparatchik got official notifications in writing and through signals on the Chibok trip. All military formations and security agencies were also placed on the alert for a successful visit.

"Some RECCE guards and protocol officers had been deployed in Maiduguri ahead of the President’s arrival. Some of these guards and officials got to the Borno State capital at about noon on Thursday.In fact, the first batch of the team due for Chibok had been scheduled to depart by 6 am on Friday until they got a counter-directive early.

The Source added that the visit was supposed to be a private one not publicized.The leakage prompted the security agencies to change the plan and put the President out of possible danger.

Another anonymous source who spoke to The Nation said the absence of the Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, who was officially away to the United Kingdom, might have caused a change of the trip by the President.

A third source is also quoted saying, "There is no way the Presidency can deny that Jonathan had no plan to visit Borno.Some Presidential aides met with a few strategists at a five-star hotel in Abuja on Thursday night on how to make a huge media gain of the visit to Chibok to reposition the image of the Presidency.

"Amid banter, they discussed many dimensions of the trip, issues to be raised by the President, and how to draw more sympathy from Nigerians.The session was attended by a special strategist to the President, who was beaming with smiles after perfecting how the visit would be covered.

Meanwhile, the Presidency is insisting that a visit to Chibok was never planned.

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