Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped to present Jonathan as incompetent, says Okupe

Doyin Okupe, the senior special assistant to the president on public affairs, says one of the reasons more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, Borno state, last year was to present the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan as incompetent.

In a message posted on his personal Facebook and Twitter timelines on Saturday, Okupe also alleged that the#BringBackOurGirls group was formed in order to “sustain and internationalise” the agenda of incompetency against the outgoing administration.

“One of the reasons the Chibok girls were kidnapped was to present Jonathan’s administration as incompetent and hold it to ransom against 2015 elections,” he said.

“One of the reasons the BBOG was formed was to sustain and internationalise the embarrassment.

“One of the reasons President Jonathan lost the election was a national and international conspiracy predicated on this carefully choreographed and assiduously sustained perception.

“One of the issues that will be in the handover notes will be the missing girls.

“What is reasonable and expedient for well meaning men and women of good conscience is to dialogue with the incoming administration on what best new approach to employ to find and rescue the chibok girls.

“Not much can be achieved, except mischief, by continuing to flog this administration on this matter. I REST MY CASE.”

The girls in question were abducted on April 14, 2014, and the failure of the federal government too rescue them has been one of the talking points of the Jonathan administration.