Some parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls on
New Year’s Day recounted the kidnap of their children.
They wondered whether their daughters, who were
abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14, 2014
would ever return.
The parents, who met with the #BringBackOurGirls
(BBOG) group in Abuja on Thursday, expressed
displeasure over the federal government’s inability to
rescue their daughters from Boko Haram’s captivity.
Led by Rev. Mark Enoch, nine of the affected parents
urged President Goodluck Jonathan to live up to the
promise he made to them six months ago on the safe
return of their daughters.
They, however, commended the BBOG campaigners for
not allowing the issue of their daughters’ abduction to
be swept under the carpet even as Rev. Enoch fingered
the government in the entire saga.
An aggrieved mother, Mrs. Samuel Abana, said: “I want
to remind the President of his promise. When he met
with us; he promised to rescue our daughters, he said
he would bring the girls back, but six months later,
there is no result.
“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”.
Another parent, Mr. Bulama Jonah, recounted how his
daughter might have escaped been abducted.
He lamented: “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”.
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