First Lady Allegedly Orders Arrest of Missing Schoolgirls Protest Leaders

Earlier on today, Oby Ezekwesili sent out tweets that one of the female Chibok protest leaders, Naomi Mutah Nyadar  was arrested and detained after they attended a meeting with Dame Patience Jonathan last night.

Now, another female leader who was also detained but has been freed says First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan ordered her and Nyadar's arrest this morning, after she expressed doubts that there was any
kidnapping, accused them of belonging to the Islamic insurgent group and blamed them for the abductions.

AP reports that the freed leader, Saratu Angus Ndirpaya of Chibok town said State Security Service
agents drove her and protest leader Naomi Mutah Nyadar to a police station on Monday after an all-night meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja. She said police immediately released her but that Nyadar remains in detention.

Ndirpaya in a telephone interview with The Associated Press says First Lady Patience Jonathan accused them of fabricating the abductions.

"She told so many lies, that we just wanted the government of Nigeria to have a bad name, that we did not want to support her husband's rule,"

She said other women at the meeting cheered and chanted "yes, yes," when Mrs. Jonathan accused them of belonging to the Boko Haram terrorist network.

"They said we are Boko Haram, and that Mrs. Nyadar is a member of Boko Haram."

She said Nyadar and herself do not have daughters among those abducted, but are supporting the mothers of kidnapped daughters.

To confirm the story, AP reports that the national police spokesman referred their journalist to the spokeswoman for police in Abuja. They reached her on phone, the spokeswoman said she was driving and could not immediately respond.