N100m LARGESSE: Our leaders cheated us — Chibok parents

ABUJA—The N100 million cash gift allegedly given to parents of abducted Chibok girls when they met President Goodluck Jonathan on July 22 at the Presidential Villa is now causing disquiet among the aggrieved parents. They have reported ly cried out that they have been cheated by their community leaders in the sharing formula. The Presidency allegedly handed over the money to leaders of the Chibok community in Abuja for onward presentation to parents of the abducted schoolgirls. According to a report monitored on Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, however, some of the parents are now alleging that the Abuja-based community leaders have shortchanged them. One parent, who was among those who visited the President, told BBC that he got only N200,000.

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