Probe Labaran Maku for failure to rescue
Chibok Girls – Gov Al-makura
December 28, 2015
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State
Governor Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State has called
for the probe of Labaran Maku for failure to rescue the
Chibok girls as the supervising Minister of Defence in the
last administration.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Special
Assistant to the governor on Media and Publicity ,Alhaji
Tukur Ahmed, on Sunday in Lafia .
The statement said the probe was necessary in the interest
of justice and fairness to the parents and guardians of the
200 female students of Government Girls Secondary School,
Chibok in Borno.
According to the governor, the ongoing trial of the accused
persons in the embezzlement of $2.1 billion meant for arms
purchase should not exclude “those who allegedly collected
money in the name of securing the release of Chibok girls
but never did”.
Labaran Maku, was supervising minister of defence
Al-Makura noted that the investigation will go a long in
revealing “how Maku, as Information Minister deceived
Nigerians on the purported release of the Chibok girls”.
“It was alleged that the former Minister also collected
several millions of naira under the guise that they were
negotiating for the release of Chibok girls from Boko
Haram,” he added.
He pointed out that Maku’s recent assurance that he will
speak up on the $2.1bn arms deal is a ploy to draw public
sympathy.
The governor also challenged Maku to explain his role in
the Ombatse and Baba Alakyo Saga over the killings of 86
security operatives while he was supervising the federal
ministry of defence.
The statement commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s
resolve to defeat Boko Haram, saying the insurgents are in
disarray.
It called on all Nigerians especially the residents of the
North East to support “this patriotic and honest drive to
bring lasting peace”.