#DapchiGirls Release: APC Mocks Jonathan, Lauds Buhari

Following the release of 76 out of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has mocked the Goodluck Jonathan government for failing to secure Chibok schoolgirls’ release.

The APC, while praising President Muhammadu Buhari, said it was his “alacrity” that made the schoolgirls’ release possible.

Speaking through its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ruling party accused the Jonathan government of wasting 7 weeks in “denial and conspiracy” while the girls were being taken away.

The APC said, “With this prompt release of the Dapchi girls, the APC government has demonstrated how government should respond to such situations.

“If the immediate-past (Goodluck Jonathan) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration had responded with the similar alacrity, the Chibok schoolgirls would have been released or rescued.

“Instead, the PDP wasted several weeks wallowing in denial and conspiracy theories such that it was now left for the APC government to rescue many of the girls and rehabilitate them.

“We assure Nigerians that the current administration remains committed to securing the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirl still held in captivity by Boko Haram and ultimately rehabilitate and reunite them with their families and loved ones.

“The Party is confident that reforms that the government has embarked on would improve the capacity and efficiency of our security agencies to prevent the kidnap of children by terrorists and diminish their ability to carry out attacks on soft targets.”