PDP wants Borno governor prosecuted over abducted Chibok girls

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday called for the prosecution the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, over the abduction of over 200 girls from Federal Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode made the call in a statement in Abuja.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO accused the governor ‎of ignoring security reports as well as the counsel of the Federal Government against holding the 2014 May/June West African Examination Council in Chibok.
Fani-Kayode pointed out that the abducted Chibok schoolgirls would have been saved the ordeal to which they have been subjected to in past 329 days had the governor taken the advice and acted in accordance with the security reports that the town was not safe for the examinations.
In his words: “Shettima will not be governor forever and when he is no longer in office, his role in the Chibok affair would be investigated and, if found wanting, he would be prosecuted.”
Governor Shettima, Fani-Kayode declared, should be ready for investigation and prosecution after leaving office, if found guilty of complicity in the circumstances that led to the abduction of the girls.
He stated that the governor, more than anybody else, is responsible for the abduction of the Chibok girls.
He said: “The circumstances that led to the abduction of the innocent girls, who were writing their examination in an environment that was everything but secure, underscored the governor’s negligence.
“The governor must give account to God and to the Nigerian people for what he has done to those girls.
“We are accusing him of being responsible for the abduction of the Chibok girls because he was warned by the Federal Government and by the West African Examination Council not to allow the examination take place in Chibok.
“He ignored the warning and promised to guarantee security for those girls. When time came, the governor did not even deploy one policeman, let alone adequate security.
“He betrayed the girls; he set them up; he opened the door for them to be abducted by the Boko Haram and instead of asking for forgiveness and repenting of his wicked ways, he is talking nonsense.”
Fani-Kayode pointed out that in some other countries, the governor would have been arrested and prosecuted for collaborating with Boko Haram.
He said: “But here, in Nigeria, instead of him showing remorse, he went all over the world attacking the President and the Federal Government over the Chibok affair. Those he was speaking to did not know that he, more than anybody else, was responsible for the abduction of those girls.”