PRESIDENCY officials have denied allegations that President Muhammadu Buhari met with the repentant Boko Haram terrorist who was the father of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirl Amina Ali's four month old daughter.
Earlier this week, members of the vigilante group the Civilian Joint Task Force discovered Amina while she was out searching for firewood and recognised her as one of the Chibok girls. Nursing a four month baby, Amina was immediately rescued and taken to a military hospital and after being checked, was handed over to Borno State governor Kashim Shettima.
Military operatives also arrested a man said to be the father of her child who was apparently a former Boko Haram commander. He is being kept in custody and earlier this week when Amina met President Buhari at State House in Abuja, it was reported that he went along with her.
However, in a swift denial, presidency officials have refuted this allegation, pointing out that President Buhari would never meet with Boko Haram members. According to the presidency, the man who accompanied Amina to meet Buhari was her brother and not her supposed husband, who is an alleged Boko Haram commander.
A presidential spokesman said: “Our attention has been drawn to rumours and insinuations that the young man who accompanied Amina Ali to the State House to meet President Buhari is her alleged terrorist abductor. This is false and there is absolutely no truth to it as the young man who was in the State House alongside Amina and her baby and mother is her older brother.
“He is different from the man who appeared with her in photos released by the Nigerian military, in the immediate aftermath of Amina’s rescue. All insinuations alleging otherwise are false, mischievous, and should be wholly disregarded, as under no circumstances will a presidential welcome be extended to terrorists or abductors.”
President Buhari has promised that the federal government will sponsor Amina's schooling to enable her receive the best education possible. A second Chibok schoolgirl was found later on in the week after government troops freed 97 women and children held captive by Boko Haram.
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