Chibok – The community where the 234 girls were abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, and their parents are still living in shock over the sudden disappearance of their children.
The Parents and the elders in the community have yesterday expressed disappointment over Federal Government “promise and fail” attitude, saying that the government has failed for not able to rescue their kids from Sambisa forest two weeks after their abduction.
According to the leader of the Chibok Elders Forum (CHEF) Dr. Pogu Bitrus, 43 girls managed to escap from their kidnappers and more than 100 girls are still missing in the forest.
“We are not aware of any serious effort by the Federal Government to secure the release of the girls. We heard that the military moved troops to the forests some days ago but we don’t know what they are doing. All we know is that 234 of our daughters are in captivity. The Federal Government is supposed to provide security and welfare of its citizens but it has failed us in that respect since it has failed to rescue our children,” Bitrus said.
“We started having hope when the President hosted the expanded Security Council meeting where they said they were all committed to seeing that the girls were released but up till today (yesterday) nothing has happened. We are still waiting and we have surrendered everything to God but the government should know that it has the primary responsibility to its citizens to secure the release of the girls and return them to their parents.”
He added: “Government has not provided succour to the parents. It is very disappointing when I read in the papers that America is trying to assist. What is wrong with Nigeria? We have a lot of unanswered questions and as parents we are still waiting for what government will do for its citizens. It is getting to two weeks now when these poor girls were kidnapped from their school.
Abducted girls in Chibok: FG has disappointed us - Parents cry out
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