Jonathan Cancels Meeting With Escapee Chibok Girls, Parents ,Blames # BringBackOurGirls

A meeting scheduled to hold between President Goodluck Jonathan and some of the Chibok School girls who escaped from Boko Haram’s captivity as well as their parents was cancelled Tuesday evening.
On Monday, the president assured Malala Yousafzai ,the Pakistani girl-child activist that he would meet with parents of the Chibok girls and the escapees.
Speaking through a statement delivered by Dr. Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs,Jonathan said, “It is with great regret that I announce the cancellation of the meeting with 12 parents of the abducted Chibock children, as well as five of the brave girls who escaped from the terrorist organization Boko Haram. I scheduled this meeting, which was to be open to the media for coverage by Nigerian and international press, to listen to their stories and to privately brief the parents and the girls on our efforts to rescue the abducted girls.
Jonathan accused the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners of palying politics with the issue. “Unfortunately, political forces within the Nigerian chapter of Bring Back Our Girls have decided to take this opportunity to play politics with the situation and the grief of the parents and the girls. They should be ashamed of their actions.
Read the statement by the President delivered by Okupe below:
STATEMENT REGRDING THE CANCELLATION OF MEETING WITH THE PARENTS OF ABDUCTED CHIBOCK
CHILDREN AND FIVE ESCAPEES
“It now appears that our fight to get the girls of Chibok back is not only a fight against a terrorist insurgency, but also against a political opposition.
“It is with great regret that I announce the cancellation of the meeting with 12 parents of the abducted Chibock children, as well as five of the brave girls who escaped from the terrorist organization Boko Haram. I scheduled this meeting, which was to be open to the media for coverage by Nigerian and international press, to listen to their stories and to privately brief the parents and the girls on our efforts to rescue the abducted girls.
“My priority is not politics. My priority is the return of these girls.
“Unfortunately, political forces within the Nigerian chapter of Bring Back Our Girls have decided to take this opportunity to play politics with the situation and the grief of the parents and the girls. They should be ashamed of their actions.
“Those who would manipulate the victims of terrorism for their own benefit, are engaging in a similar kind of evil: psychological terrorism.
“I want to be clear, this government stands with complete solidarity with the girls and their parents. We are doing everything in our power to bring back our girls.
Despite the shameful and disgusting games being played by the Nigerian chapter of Bring Back Our Girls, as a father of girls, I stand ready to meet with the parents of our abducted children and the truly brave girls that have escaped this nightmare through the grace of God.”