Some Chibok girls may never return; Others will produce babies for Boko Haram members – Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
yesterday dropped a bombshell on the fate of the
abducted Chibok girls.
According to him, it was taking too long to secure the
release of the schoolgirls and as such, some of them
may never see their families again.
He also said that the fighters may have separated the
girls as a strategy to deter any onslaught by security
forces on their hideout.
Stressing that he had a way of communicating with the
insurgents, the one-time Head of State announced that
the federal government was yet to grant him
permission to speak with them.
Obasanjo, who featured as a guest on the Hausa
Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation on
Sunday, predicted that some of the girls would get
pregnant, adding that they may be released in future as
it would be difficult to cater for the babies while in
captivity.


"I believe that some of them will never return. We will
still be hearing about them many years from now,
some will give birth to children of the Boko Haram
members, but if they cannot take care of them in the
forest, they may release them", he said.
The retired General, who in June first publicly offered to
lead negotiations to have the detainees freed, added
that succeeding generations would continue to
remember the girls who were abducted from their hostels on April 14.



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