Nigerian Government has stated unequivocally that it did not pay any dime for ransom to secure the release of the abducted Dapchi girls.
The Federal Government stated this again on the back of the 22nd report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the United Nations’ Security Council, which disclosed that large ransom payment was made to Boko Haram to secure the release of the over 100 schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in Dapchi, Yobe State in February.
READ ALSO: DSS Discloses The Condition Boko Haram Gave Before Release Of Dapchi SchoolgirlsThis is contrary to what the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, told journalists at the time that the girls were released following “back-channel” negotiations brokered with the help of some “friends of the country.”
Lai Mohammed has maintained that no ransom was paid for their release, and also denied that any Boko Haram prisoner was swapped as part of the negotiations.READ ALSO: Nigerian Journalist Rattle Lai Mohammed - Over Question On Corruption And APC Crisis
The Minister In a statement issued in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, challenged anyone who has any evidence of payment to publish such.
”It is not enough to say that Nigeria paid a ransom, little or huge. There must be a conclusive evidence to support such claim. Without that, the claim remains what it is: a mere conjecture,” the Minister added.
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