Parents of the abducted girls who had lined up waiting to receive President Jonathan on his sympathy visit to Chibok, ended up frustrated, as their ‘’August visitor’’ never turned up.
‘If Jonathan can’t go to such a small village, why should anyone stay there? Why is he afraid?’
‘That visit had to be called off because of the serious security implications, and the visit was publicised’
The president was billed to travel to the troubled town where the female students were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists, triggering international outrage.
Though no official statement was issued on either the proposed visit or its cancellation, the Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima who was out of the country flew back to Borno State in the early morning of yesterday, apparently to receive Jonathan.
It was learnt that senior officials of the nation’s security outfits persuaded the President to shun the planned visit.
A security source said the mutiny by some soldiers of the 101 Battalion, who attacked the General Officer Commanding, Maj.-Gen. Abubakar Mohammed on Tuesday also heightened fears ahead of the visit.
The source said it would be ridiculous for the security handlers to expose the President without first addressing any issue of suspected disenchantment among troops in the area.
It was further gathered that the military and other security agencies were taking painstaking steps at protecting the President from being harmed, a situation that could plunge the country into crisis.
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