The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement has called on the Federal Government to make public the findings of the Brigadier General Mohammed Sabo-led Fact-Finding Committee on the 2014 Chibok girls’ abduction.
In a statement issued yesterday and signed by its spokesperson, Jeff Okoroafor, the group criticized successive administrations for withholding the report, despite multiple Freedom of Information (FoI) requests demanding its release.
The committee, established by former President Goodluck Jonathan on May 6, 2014, submitted its findings on June 20 of the same year. The report confirmed the abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. While 57 managed to escape, 219 remained missing at the time.
Over a decade later, BBOG revealed that 141 of the abducted girls have regained their freedom, with many returning to school. However, 78 remain unaccounted for, sparking fears that some may have been assimilated into terrorist enclaves.
“The President Bola Tinubu administration has a duty to provide an account of the status of the rescue of the remaining Chibok girls to their families and Nigerians,” the statement read in part. “We reiterate the importance of bringing closure for the families of the remaining 78 missing schoolchildren. Critically, the Tinubu administration, like its predecessors, has failed to release the Sabo Fact-Finding Committee Report, despite our movement’s request, including through an FoI process.”
The group emphasized the need for transparency, urging the government to take decisive action in addressing the fate of the remaining missing girls.
