President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with parents of the abducted Chibok girls and members of the Bring back our girls movement. The meeting was held behind closed doors as journalists were ordered out of the meeting.
Initially the group were denied access to Mr president, instead they met a government team comprising the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan, as well as the Minister of Defense, Monsur Dan-Ali, the National Security Adviser, Mohammed Monguno, and the Chief of Defense Staff, Abayomi Olonishakin.
Alhassan, told the group that because of the short notice given by the group, it was not possible to squeeze in the meeting with BBOG on Thursday.
Buhari arrived the venue of the meeting at about 1:45pm after ending his meeting with the visiting President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi, in his office.
Earlier, the group and the parents had refused to leave when they were told that the President would not meet with them.
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They had insisted on meeting the President one-on-one.The parents and the group were led by a former minister of education and leader of the BBOG, Oby Ezekwesili.
