Renowned singer, cum politician, Onyeka Onwenu has revealed that the Principal of the Government Secondary School where Boko Haram attacked and kidnapped 300 students listed a 60-year-old as a school pupil. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program, she said mistakes were made by the Federal, Borno State and local governments leading to the abduction of the school girls.
Ms. Owenu, a close associate to Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan questioned why a 60-year-old would have been attending a secondary school and added that some imposters were posing as mothers of the Chibok girls during #BringBackOurGirls protests in Abuja. In defense of the First Lady who had earlier questioned the School Principal and key officials of the Borno State Government over their role in the abduction of the girls, she said the First Lady would have led the protest if protesters had gone to meet her. “I have never met anyone as down to Earth as the First Lady. She has a wonderful heart. We ought to thank her.” – Onwenu said.