Chibok: Kalu tasks Jonathan on release of schoolgirls, commiserates with Ladoja

A former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has said President Goodluck Jonathan must work assiduously to free the schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State.

Kalu, who spent the Children’s Day fasting and praying for the release of the abducted girls, said Nigeria would lose face in the comity of nations should anything untoward happen to the girls.

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Oyekunle Oyewumi, Kalu said: “The President must do all he can to ensure these girls are freed.

“It has been a tortuous period for every Nigerian and all concerned all over the world as it has become a dark spot in the annals of the history of the country.”

Kalu said despite the fact that he was totally opposed to negotiating the freedom of arrested Boko Haram members for the schoolgirls, the President was in the best position to decide the best way out of the quagmire.

He congratulated all children in Nigeria and all over the world on the occasion of the 2014 Children’s Day and prayed that next year’s would be celebrated with fanfare as no other calamity would befall the Nigerian child.

Kalu also commiserates with the former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja on the demise of his son, Adebola who died in a car crash in Lagos on Thursday.

Kalu, who described the incident as devastating said he was shocked when he received the news of the young man’s demise.
He described the young Ladoja as a promising gentleman who had just started life, looking forward to a bright future.
Kalu prayed to God to give the Ladoja family and all those Adebola left behind the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
He equally prayed for eternal rest for the deceased.