Should The President Put His life And That Of Security Operatives In Danger Just To See Chibok Kidnapped Parents And Escapees?

There have been talks by relatives of some of the schoolgirls seized in a mass kidnapping by Boko Haram demanding that the president meet every one of them affected by the crisis instead of a selective few.

Some of these relatives describe a planned visit by the president to a selective few as offensive.

Taliban survivor and Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai who was in recently in Nigeria had pleaded with the president to meet with the parents of the hostages.

One of the panel of elders Dauda Iliya, a member of the Chibok said:

"It is embarrassing that the president had to wait for Malala to come all the way to Nigeria to convince him to meet with us three months after the attack," said

"We deserve a visit by the president," he added, saying that if Jonathan cannot go to the remote northeastern town for security reasons, he can bring "all the 219 mothers to meet with him. This meeting should not be selective."

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I do agree that the president should see the parents of those girls abducted and escapees but at what cost.

Should he go there knowing that he would be putting his lives, the lives of his operatives, the Borno State governor and that of the people of chibok in danger?

What would be the essence of the visit, to show off or to commensurate with those who have suffered immensely due to this ordeal or is it just a political jamboree for image laundry?

The president has proven that he doesn’t want a laundry of any kind and a commensuration is what he seeks and therefore for that single reason the meeting can be arrange anywhere even in Abuja.

In May Jonathan was alleged to have cancelled an intended trip to visit Chibok but in truth that trip was never booked, as he was scheduled to travel to Parish for an official engagement.

Yes he should go and see them, and yes ASAP but for the right conditions and not for the reasons the opposition is clamoring for.