The statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, did not say the last of the Dapchi schoolgirls, Leah Sharibu, will be released on Saturday, is false.
Idris, during a visit to the Command Headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Saturday actually said he delayed his visit to Dapchi to prevent the Boko Haram Terrorists from thinking he was breaching the agreement on the girl’s return.
In the video on YouTube by Channels Television, the police helmsman said his reason for not flying to Dapchi on Saturday was not to create the impression that the agreement with the terrorists was being breached.
He said since he flies around in a chopper, it might create the impression that there is a breach in the agreement.
Moshood, after the initial report on Saturday, issued a statement in the wee hours of Sunday denying that Idris ever said Sharibu was on her way to Dapchi.
He wrote in a statement: The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to the publication on some Social Media platform and conventional media indicating that the Inspector General of Police said the last Dapchi school girl will be released soon.
“The Statement of the IGP was misunderstood and misquoted. The misunderstanding may be as a result of the already released Dapchi School girls expected back home in Yobe State today but could not arrive due to weather condition. The IGP could not also proceed to Dapchi because of same weather condition.
“The Force wishes the members of the public and the media disregard the purported statement as not what the IGP meant.
“The Force therefore reiterates that it has no information yet on the release of the last Dapchi school girl.
“This release should be taken as the true position of the IGP’s statement.
“The media are hereby enjoined to correct their records and publication, please.”
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