Chibok parents want Buhari’s visit

Parents of over 100 Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity have expressed worry that President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to send a delegation to console them as he did for the mother of Leah Sharibu, the only remaining Dapchi schoolgirl with the insurgents.

The chairman of Chibok Parents Association, Yakubu Nkenke, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Daily Trust, saying the parents were anxious to hear directly from Buhari rather than through the media.

According him, so far 25 among the parents have died waiting to reunite with their abducted children while the rest were physically and emotionally affected by the tragedy.

He said although the parents were grateful to the federal government for negotiating the release of 103 girls and rescuing four others, sending a delegation to Chibok would enable them to interface with the government.

Daily Trust, October 25, 2018

 

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