Chibok girls: Jonathan reacts to Northern elders comments

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that no group or person can threaten him before he will perform his official duties.

Jonathan, who was responding to an October deadline given to him on Monday by members of the Northern Elders Forum   to ensure the rescue of the abducted schoolgirls, said the ultimatum was in bad taste.

Two NEF   members, Solomon Dalung and Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, had said that the rescue of the girls who have been in the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents for three months now, was a condition for Jonathan to enjoy Northern support for his presidential ambition in 2015.

The northern elders   had said, “We are convinced that most of these conflicts are being engineered to weaken the North politically and economically by interests which intend to exploit such weaknesses for electoral benefits.

“In the light of our firm conviction that the insurgency and related security challenges pose threats to the 2015 elections and the survival of our nation, we strongly advise President Jonathan to bring to an end,   the insurgency in all its manifestations and produce the Chibok girls before the end of October 2014.”

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