Controversy Eruptes Between Parents of the Kidnapped Girls & Chibok community Leaders Over GEJ'S N100m Largesse

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Controversy has erupted between parents of the kidnapped girls and leaders of the Chibok community in Abuja over an alleged N100m largesse given by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Some of the parents, who spoke in separate interviews on Tuesday with the British Broadcasting Corporation Hausa service, accused the Chibok community leaders of making a fortune out of their misfortune.
One parent said, “When we came to Abuja, we were given some money. I received N200,000, some got N300,000 and some got nothing at all. Somebody told me that they (Presidency) gave about N100m.”
Another parent claimed that some of them that did not make the Abuja trip received as low as N7,000.
He said, “I was not able to go to Abuja; they chose some people from among us. Some received N100,000, some received N200,000, some N300,000. Those of us in the village were given N7,000. This is not a thing of joy. What we want are our girls to be brought back home.”
Asked if he preferred to collect the money instead of the return of his daughter, he replied, “We have not sold our daughters. I went to the farm and before I returned, the money was kept for me. This is not right.”
The BBC had in the report said the parents were given sums ranging from N30,000 to N300,000.
The Chairman of the Kibaku area Development Association, Abuja chapter, Dr. Bitrus Pogu, who spoke on behalf of the Chibok community in Abuja, dismissed allegation against his group.

President Jonathan interacting with parents of abducted Chibok girls at the State House 
He also told the BBC that no Chibok parent could accuse him and members of the group of indifference to the plight of the kidnapped girls.
Pogu said, “We don’t know how much was given but we are glad to note that the parents and the girls (who escaped) were given money in envelopes. The only role we played was to contact them to prepare to come to Abuja.”
He also told one of our correspondents   that the money that was shared to the Chibok parents was handled by Aso Rock officials.
He said, “The report is a lie, we (community leaders) didn’t share any money. The money that was shared to the parents in envelopes was shared by Presidency officials. How can they even give out N100m? We Nigerians just like stories.
“How can they give out such an amount of money? I don’t know how much they gave because I didn’t collect money, we Chibok elders only led them (parents of abducted girls and some escaped girls) to the President for the meeting.
“All these stories of N100m is just a bullshit; there is nothing like that and it is even funny talking about such a thing.”
Also, the Chairman of the Chibok community, Tsambido Abana, dismissed the allegation that the largesse was shared among the parents and that some were shortchanged by the leadership of the association.
He said, “There is no iota of truth in that report. I don’t even want to talk about it because I don’t know how such a story came about. The money that was shared to the parents was handled by Presidency officials who gave out envelopes to the parents, so I was not involved in the sharing and I can’t say anything about it.”
The BringBackOurGirls group, has however come down hard on the Presidency for allegedly doling money to more the Chibok girls parents.

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