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| Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan: #BringBackOurGirls 'political' | Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan: #BringBackOurGirls 'political' |
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| Nigeria's president has cancelled a meeting with parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, accusing activists of playing politics. | Nigeria's president has cancelled a meeting with parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, accusing activists of playing politics. |
| The #BringBackOurGirls group should be ashamed of manipulating "the victims of terrorism", he said. | The #BringBackOurGirls group should be ashamed of manipulating "the victims of terrorism", he said. |
| Mr Jonathan had been due to hold his first meeting with some of the girls' parents on Tuesday. | Mr Jonathan had been due to hold his first meeting with some of the girls' parents on Tuesday. |
| Islamist group Boko Haram captured the more than 200 girls during a raid on their boarding school in April. | Islamist group Boko Haram captured the more than 200 girls during a raid on their boarding school in April. |
| Mr Jonathan had been widely criticised for failing to meet distraught parents and not doing enough to rescue the girls. | |
| He agreed to the meeting on Monday following an appeal by Pakistani rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai. | |
| #BringBackOurGirls was a global campaign launched on social media to secure the release of the girls. | |
| Mr Jonathan had planned to meet 12 parents and five girls who escaped shortly after being captured. | |
| "Unfortunately, political forces within the Nigerian chapter of Bring Back Our Girls have decided to take this opportunity to play politics with the situation and the grief of the parents and the girls. They should be ashamed of their actions," he said in a statement. | |
| "Those who would manipulate the victims of terrorism for their own benefit are engaging in a similar kind of evil: Psychological terrorism," he added. | |
| The BBC's Mansur Liman in the capital, Abuja, says parents withdrew from the meeting at the last minute. | |
| No reason has still been given for the apparent snub, he says. | |
| Who are Boko Haram? |