Five years after the abduction of the Chibok school girls, their parents have condemned the All Progressives Congress for using the abduction of their
Five years after the abduction of the Chibok school girls, their parents have condemned the All Progressives Congress for using the abduction of their daughters as campaign tool to clinch power but never did enough to free them from Boko Haram’s captivity.
A spokesman for the parents, Mr Ayuba Alamson, said it was unfortunate that the APC benefitted from their travails, but had not done enough to dry their tears. He said it was a well known fact that the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the schoolgirls on April 14, 2014 from their school in Chibok Secondary School was the major reason many Nigerians opted for change and chose the APC over the Peoples Democratic Party.
He, however, attributed the inability to rescue the girls at the early stage of their abduction to the unserious attitude of the then administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, which never believed the kidnap story until two weeks after the girls’ abduction. He did not spare the APC leadership in Borno State as well, saying they also failed to act promptly to the security alert in the area before the abduction.
“Apart from the 112 of the girls still missing, the Chibok Community and environs have been under constant Boko Haram attacks even till today. It is important to note that when some schoolchildren were kidnapped in Lagos, we all saw how the state government swung into action to rescue them. But in the case of Chibok, it was a different ball game. We have followed a lot of channels to see that the 112 girls are released. Federal government has tried but the pass mark is below average.”
Yesterday marked the 5th anniversary of the abuction of The Chibok schoolgirls by terrorist Boko Haram group and in keeping to their mandate, the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement renewed its call for the Federal Government to launch a National Missing Persons Register at the commencement of a three-day global event to mark the 5th anniversary of the girls’ abduction. It was marked simultaneously in Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria, London in the United Kingdom and New York and Washington DC in America.
The girls numbering 276 were kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on the night of April 14, 2014, making Sunday, April 14 the event’s 5th anniversary. While 112 of the girls are yet to be released, others, including Leah Sharibu from Dapchi in Yobe State, are also being held captive.
