Parents of the Chibok girls entered the new year without
their daughters. Some of the aggrieved parents on January 1,
2015, recounted the kidnap of their children from the Girls’
Governmental Secondary School (GGSS) Chibok, Borno State, TheNation
reports.
The mothers and fathers met with some activists of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group in Abuja, wondered whether their daughters would ever return.
The parents also expressed the dissatisfaction over the inability of the Federal Government to rescue 219 hostages from Boko Haram captivity.
A group of nine parents was led in the nation’s capital city by Rev. Mark Enoch. They urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stick to the promise he made to them six months ago on the safe return of their daughters.
The parents praised the BBOG campaigners for not allowing the issue to be forgotten. In his return, Rev. Enoch alleged that the government had a hand in the abduction of the girls.
“Mr. President, will you fail to rescue them if your daughter was abducted? If you can’t do it alone, invite the United Nations to come and rescue our daughters.”
A devastated father, Mr. Bulama Jonah, narrated how his daughter might have missed been abducted.
“The saddest thing is that my daughter was sent home because of N300 just a day before she was kidnapped. I gave her the money for her testimonial and she went back to school only to be abducted,” he lamented.
Over 200 girls remain in captivity for 263 days, as for now. Their fate remains unknown and the possibility for their rescue is unclear, as the Boko Haram sect denied any possibility for dialogue in the end of October 2014.
The mothers and fathers met with some activists of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group in Abuja, wondered whether their daughters would ever return.
The parents also expressed the dissatisfaction over the inability of the Federal Government to rescue 219 hostages from Boko Haram captivity.
A group of nine parents was led in the nation’s capital city by Rev. Mark Enoch. They urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stick to the promise he made to them six months ago on the safe return of their daughters.
The parents praised the BBOG campaigners for not allowing the issue to be forgotten. In his return, Rev. Enoch alleged that the government had a hand in the abduction of the girls.
“Mr. President, will you fail to rescue them if your daughter was abducted? If you can’t do it alone, invite the United Nations to come and rescue our daughters.”
A devastated father, Mr. Bulama Jonah, narrated how his daughter might have missed been abducted.
“The saddest thing is that my daughter was sent home because of N300 just a day before she was kidnapped. I gave her the money for her testimonial and she went back to school only to be abducted,” he lamented.
Over 200 girls remain in captivity for 263 days, as for now. Their fate remains unknown and the possibility for their rescue is unclear, as the Boko Haram sect denied any possibility for dialogue in the end of October 2014.
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