President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said the government has “no such money under any allocation to pay out this outrageous sum of money as ransom.”
In a statement by Shehu on Saturday evening, November 12, 2016, the presidency denies the tale in its totality saying the administration is a responsible government that is run on the basis of the constitution and budgets duly appropriated by the National Assembly.
Speaking further on the war against the terrorists, Shehu said: “As at the time he came into power, Boko Haram occupied 80 per cent of Borno State, 40 per cent of Yobe, and a significant segment of Adamawa.”
The 21 girls were among the over 200 kidnapped by the Boko Haram in April 2014. The others are still being held by the terrorists.
