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We handled Kankara rescue better than Jonathan did Chibok, says Lai Mohammed

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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari handled the rescue of the Kankara schoolboys better than his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan.

The minister speaking during a NAN forum said  that the timely action and synergy among security and intelligence agencies were the key factors in the rescue of the 344 abducted school boys in Kankara, Katsina State.

Lai Mohammed also said that unlike the previous government that delayed taking action during the Chibok abduction, the military did not wait for hours or days before they mobilised and deployed troops.

“This is the difference between this administration and the previous one which could not achieve any success when students were kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, in 2014.

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“In the cases of Dapchi as well as in Kankara, we were prompt and timely.

“We took responsibility immediately and did not engage in blame game but mobilised all resources and personnel,” he said.

Lai Mohammed said that the military employed both kinetic and non kinetic approach in the rescue of the boys.

“Kinetic in the sense that there was a show of force by the military both on land and in the air, they completely dominated the area where the children were kept.

“While this was going on, we also employed dialogue, persuasion and reached out to people that could be an influence on the abductors,’’ he said.

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