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Nigeria parents deny playing politics over Chibok girls | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Parents of the schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamists in Nigeria have denied playing politics by refusing to meet President Goodluck Jonathan. | |
Tuesday's meeting failed to take place because proper "protocol" had not been followed, their spokesman said. | |
Mr Jonathan said the parents had called off the meeting after being manipulated by the #BringBackOurGirls campaign group. | |
Boko Haram captured more than 200 girls in the town of Chibok on 14 April. | |
The row occurred as the alleged mastermind of a twin bomb attack in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, was extradited from Sudan back to Nigeria. | |
Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche was reportedly arrested in Khartoum in May after Interpol issued an arrest warrant. | Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche was reportedly arrested in Khartoum in May after Interpol issued an arrest warrant. |
He is accused of planning the Nyanya bus station bombings earlier this year, which killed 75 people. | |
Boko Haram said it carried out the bombings. | |
'In pain' | |
Mr Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states last year to quell the insurgency, but Boko Haram has stepped up attacks since then. | |
It caused an international outcry in April when it abducted the girls. | |
#BringBackOurGirls was a global campaign launched on social media to secure their release. | |
Mr Jonathan was widely criticised for failing to meet distraught parents and not doing enough to rescue the girls. | |
On Monday, he agreed to meet 12 parents and five girls who escaped shortly after being seized by Boko Haram following a request by Pakistani rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai. | |
The parents called off the meeting because they did not have a mandate from the Chibok community, said their spokesman, Dauda Iliya. | |
The decision had "nothing" to do with the #BringBackOurGirls campaign group, he told BBC Focus on Africa. | |
"We are in pain. We can't bear any animosity to the government," Mr Iliya said. | |
Who are Boko Haram? | Who are Boko Haram? |