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The military’s sudden retraction of its earlier statement that some of the girls allegedly abducted by Boko Haram have been released has elicited reactions from prominent Nigerians.
Angered by the development, former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa said the action of the military was an indication that they have been fooling Nigerians on the reported progress they claimed to have made against the insurgent.
“This is a painful, doubtful and incompetent posture by the military. It is indeed an exhibition of incompetent strategy.
“It shows that those that appointed the service chiefs, those dishing out orders to the commanders and the troopes were not competent and they thrive on falsehood.
“I have argued that military occupation alone cannot achieve any meaningful result. The way out is to co-opt the people through a free and fair election that will usher in competent hands that will appoint competent persons to take charge of the nation’s security,” the former governor said.
The military had made a u-turn on the claim that nearly all the 107 girls kidnapped within the week from  Government Girl Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok Local Government, Borno State  by suspected Boko Haram    militants had been rescued and freed.
Just hours after one of the parents of the  abducted girls claimed the Defence Ministry had lied on Wednesday that all but eight girls had regain freedom, the military issued a statement from the office of the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, that the initial report was “not intended to deceive the public.”
“Distraught parents have waited for news for four days, putting their faith in the military rescue,” said Lawan Zanna, father of one of the students.
Olukolade said the military received a “major breakthrough” report from a reliable source that supposedly included information from the principal of the school where the students were taken Monday night by gunmen.
But the principal denied having said so. “I never made that claim to anybody,” said Asabe Kwambura, principal of Government Girls Secondary School in the northeastern town of Chibok.”
Both Northern and Yoruba apex social political groups, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and Afenifere respectively also expressed their disappointments.
National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Anthony Sani said “we have been vindicated that military strategy should be properly spelt out. The military needs pity because this is an indication that they were not properly motivated and trained. What do you expect when the soldiers are being over powered by the militant group? The incident is a demonstration of weakness on the part of the soldiers.”
Afenifere through its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, warned the military not to toy with emotions of Nigerians saying “the soldiers should not take people for granted. Their action was unfortunate, however, we all must appreciate the fact that war against insurgent anywhere in the world is not easy but that is not an excuse to betray public thrust.”
The militant group has taken the violence to unprecedented levels since 2009. In early March, Borno State closed its 85 secondary schools and sent more than 120,000 students home after increasing attacks.

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