The Presidency has said that President Goodluck Jonathan will not pay a visit to Chibok, Borno state on Friday, May 16, 2014 as earlier reported by Reuters.
Reuters reported yesterday that President Jonathan was scheduled to visit the village were over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram on April 14, 2014.
The presidency source said: “Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati has issued a statement that the president will be travelling to France today (Friday). That is the fact. The president is not going to Chibok. Simple as that.
“If the president is going to Chibok, it will not be advertised in the media. He would have left by the time you hear.”
“That will just give Boko Haram a great opportunity to organise an embarrassment of international proportions for the president, just to prove a point. You don’t hear President Obama is going to see American troops in Afghanistan or Iraq until he has arrived and departed.”
The source added that no country will put the president in harm’s way.
President Jonathan is expected to fly to France on Friday were he’ll be meeting with leaders from other African countries on issues concerning terrorism.
