I Got N100, 000 From Unknown Man, Not The President - Chibok Man

               Sometimes I wonder why personal goals override national interest in Nigeria. This, definitely, is the root cause of the issues in the country today. Against the backdrop of allegations that N100million was given to the Chibok people who visited President Jonathan in Abuja, one of the Chibok indigenes (name withheld) who met with the president over the abducted Chibok schoolgirls still in Boko Haram captivity and the welfare of the escaped girls, has said he was given N100, 000 by a man who came to them at the hotel where they were asked to stay, at about midnight.


The man, whose sister is one of the girls that escaped on the night of the abduction said, “We were not told of any money given to the visiting Chibok community by the president while we were there, except for this man that came and shared some money among us that night.”

While describing the meeting between them and the president as a fruitful one, he said he had been shocked to hear via the media that the sum of N100m was given by the president, to be shared by the Chibok people.

According to him, after giving N100, 000 to each of the 51 escaped girls who had attended the meeting, the man gave some of the parents N200, 000 each and later gave the others N100, 000 each, as he complained that the funds made available to him were not enough. He said that some of them were not given anything at all.

He blamed the confusion on the inability of government to come out openly and declare what it had 
for the people.

Commenting on the security situation and safety of the people, he said that the presence of security operatives in not only Chibok, but also the entire Maiduguri was nothing to write home about. According to him, the soldiers deployed to the area were too few to contain terrorism and that every day, more lives and property were being