Members of Chibok community in Borno State from
where the over 200 secondary schoolgirls were
abducted over three months ago, have lamented
that even though it took the Presidency over 99
days, after the incident to meet with the parents of
the girls, nothing new was said at the meeting.
“We all waited
patiently for
the parents to
come and tell
us something
new
concerning the
girls but the
poor parents
rather returned
home more
confused”, said
one Malam
Musa, a native of Chibok, who resides in Maiduguri,
the Borno State capital.
Musa said all that they expected to hear from the
returned parents was how soon the rescue efforts
will be and not what the government would do for
them if they eventually got rescued.
He argued that similar assurances were given to
them by Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima,
when he met with some 25 escaped girls as well as
some of their parents in early June this year at
Government House, Maiduguri, all to no avail.
“Our concern is the rescue of the girls whom we
fear that their continued stay in the captivity of the
terrorists may cause them a lot of physical and
psychological harm, and not what the government
would do if they eventually got rescued.
“I think there was nothing new which Mr President
told the parents and some of the girls at Aso Rock
because all those promises made to them had
been made about two months ago by Borno State
governor who said about N150 million had been
set aside by the state government as part of what
was to be spent on the girls while the rest would be
expended on those in captivity should they
eventually get rescued”.
“I think the real issue is not what would be done to
assist them, but what is being done to free them
which is more important because the longer these
young girls stay in captivity, the dangerous it
might turn out to be should they eventually return
home. If it is what would be done after the rescue,
it is not a cheering news as far as we are
concerned”, Musa said.
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