13/11/2025
“When the Chibok girls were picked up by Boko Haram, the Americans came in quietly at the invitation of the Jonathan administration, and in collaboration with the Nigerian troops.
“They discovered the camp where the girls were being kept. And they said, all right, we will throw gas into those camps, and while everybody is sleeping, including the Boko Haram, we’ll go in with the Nigerian troops and take out the girls.”
However, the plan collapsed when reconnaissance aircraft discovered Boko Haram fighters wearing masks at the camp, a clear indication that the militants had been tipped off.
“When the Americans sent the reconnaissance aircraft over the camp, what did they find? Boko Haram militia were wearing masks, which means somebody within the Nigerian army had leaked to Boko Haram what the plan was.
“The Americans pulled out. They were not going to subject their troops to this.”
-Prof. Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi (Nigerian professor of political science and a former External Affairs Minister) on Arise TV
