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Chibok parents to
Buhari: you can
rescue our girls
 April 15, 2015
 Written by Grace Obike
Kids, others march on
Education ministry in
Abuja
It was a moving spectacle
yesterday in Abuja.
Kids in red shirts, holding
numbered placards on which
the names of the Chibok
schoolgirls are boldly
written, marching on the
Ministry of Education.
With them were some of the
girls who escaped in the
night of horror on April 14,
last year when Boko Haram
insurgents hussled the over
200 pupils off their
dormitories into trucks and
drove them away into
captivity.
The world was horrified; it
still is —one year after.
Parents of the Chibok Girls
Secondary School, Borno
State, girls yesterday said
they were hoping President-
elect Muhamadu Buhari would
find their daughters.
Gen Buhari will take office on
May 29 and one of the
burning issues he will inherit
from the outgoing Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan
administration is the
abduction.
Yesterday, there were
activities in Abuja, Lagos and
in some other major capitals
across the world to mark the
anniversary of the abduction
which attracted worldwide
outrage, especially when
Boko Haram claimed
responsibility and showed a
video of the girls in captivity
with sect leader Abubakar
Shekau saying he would sell
them off.
In Abuja, there were news
conferences. In Lagos, Nobel
laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka
attended an event, where
foremost economist Prof. Pat
Utomi spoke.
A representative of the girls’
parents, Rev. Mark Enoch,
declared yesterday their
faith in Gen. Buhari and his
ability to rescue the 219 girls
alive.
He said things would be
better because Gen. Buhari
has the ability to destroy the
Boko Haram sect like he
destroyed the Maitasine
Movement in 1984.
Rev. Enoch spoke on behalf
of Kibaku Area Development
Association (KADA), the
umbrella body of the Chibok
community in Abuja. His
address was titled: “One
year commemoration of the
abduction of #Chibokgirls:
the unending agony of a
community.”
He said: “I know that as
General Buhari is now the
president-elect, things will
be better. He can rescue our
daughters, he can bring our
daughters back home. He can
end all the atrocities of the
Boko Haram sect like he
addressed the Maitasine
movement in 1984 and our
girls will return, so we the
Chibok girls’ parents are
excited.
“I will like to appreciate
Madam Oby Ezekwesilli and
members of the #
BringBackOurGirls advocacy.
They are the Mandelas of
our time.”
KADA, in a statement signed
by its National Secretary
Battah Ndirpaya; National
Publicity Secretary Dr.
Manasseh Allen and Chairman
KADA Abuja, Tsambido
Hosea, said despite the
gloomy picture of what is
happening in their community
before and after the
abduction, they are still
hopeful that the girls will
come back home alive.
They said: “After the
abduction, Chibok area was
attacked six times with
resultant high causalities,
including 11 of the parents
and guardians of the
abducted girls. The people of
Chibok are today haunted,
displaced, traumatised and
living in agony as refugees
or internally displaced
persons all over Nigeria and
refugees beyond. There is
also a looming famine in the
Chibok (Kibaku) community
and environs as a result of
the terrorism that has
virtually crippled farming
activities. Wanton
destruction of food stuff,
granaries and livestock was
perpetrated by the
insurgents. There was also
poisoning or destruction of
water wells, the primary
source of water for the
community.
“Despite the gloomy picture
of what is happening in the
community, we are still
hopeful that our girls will
come back alive. We are
hoping that Mr. President will
keep his word by brining the
girls back alive before
leaving office on 29 May..
Even if he fails to achieve it,
we are hopeful that the
president-elect will bring
back our girls alive.

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THE Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC)
is probing 66 violent
incidents in 19 states during
Saturday’s governorship
and Houses of Assembly
elections.
It vowed to bring the culprits
to justice after the
conclusion of its
investigation.
The commission, in a
statement in Abuja, asked
those aggrieved over the
results of the elections to
seek redress in tribunals
instead of taking the laws
into their hands.
It, however, claimed that the
elections were generally
peaceful with 88.9 per cent of
polling units opened for
accreditation between 8am
and 10am.
The statement said:
“Overall, many parts of the
country remained relatively
peaceful during the elections.
Some states, however,
recorded a significant
number of violent incidents,
the most affected being
Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross
River, Ebonyi and Ondo
states.
“INEC’s records show that
there were 66 reports of
violent incidents targeted at
polling units, the
commission’s officials, voters
and election materials.
“These were in Rivers State
(16 incidents), Ondo (eight),
Cross River and Ebonyi (six
each), Akwa Ibom (five)
Bayelsa (four), Lagos and
Kaduna (three each), Jigawa,
Enugu, Ekiti and Osun (two
each), Katsina, Plateau, Kogi,
Abia, Imo, Kano and Ogun
(one each).
“The Commission is
investigating these incidents
and will do everything within
its powers to bring culprits
to justice.”
INEC advised those
aggrieved about the outcome
of the elections to go to
tribunals in line with the
Electoral Act.
The statement added: “INEC
commends Nigerians for once
again demonstrating their
resolve and commitment to
participate in the electoral
process and by doing so,
contributing to deepening
democracy in our country.
“The commission calls on
every citizen to maintain the
peace as the results of the
governorship and State
Assembly elections are being
processed, and to accept the
official outcomes.
“It would like to emphasise
that winners can only emerge
after collation of the official
results and on the basis of
the requirements prescribed
by the legal framework. Any
aggrieved persons or
groups are encouraged to
seek redress at the
tribunals.
“INEC would also like to
remind all stakeholders that
the process is not yet
completed and urges
restraint in their comments,
as we strive to bring this
process to an orderly,
peaceful and credible
conclusion.”
Notwithstanding, the
commission said a general
assessment indicated that
the elections were smoother
and largely peaceful.

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All Progressives Congress
(APC) supporters in Rivers
State have rejected the
results of last Saturday’s
declared by the Independent
Electoral Commission (INEC).
The elections were marked
by violence - shooting, ballot
box snatching and killings.
The irregularities made the
Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC), Dame
Gesila Khan, to declare
elections inconclusive.
She said elections would be
held the next day at Abua/
Odual, Ward 1, Asari/Toru
Ward 13, Bonny Ward 12,
Degema Ward 11, 12, 13,
Emohua Ward 4, Obio/Akpor
Ward 15 and 16.
APC agents at the INEC
collation centre were amazed
when returning officers of
the local government area
where shooting and ballot
box snatching said there
was no problem in those
areas.
They also discovered that
unregistered political parties
appeared on the result
sheets in six local
government areas.
In Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local
Government Area, the
retuning officer said there
was no violence. The
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) was declared winner
with 67,894 votes. The APC
was said to have recorded
9,532 votes.
The APC chairman in the
area, Mr. Felix Ejechi, who
confirmed the killing of its
members in Saturday’s
elections, said the returning
officer lied that there was no
violence in the area.
He said most of the polling
units in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni
Local Government Area
witnessed shootings and
hijacking of INEC materials
by armed thugs allegedly
suspected to be members of
the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP).
He said: “Gunmen took
hostage of most of the wards
and units in the area. Our
APC youth leader in the area
and a party supporter were
killed. Most of the materials
brought in were fake and we
protested. I wondered why
the returning officer could
not say the simple truth.”
At about 11 am yesterday,
there were shootings in
Emohua Local Government
Area after a disagreement
between supporters of APC
and the PDP over which ward
and units were cancelled by
INEC.
The REC cancelled Emohua
Ward 4 over irregularity but
APC leaders in the area said
it was not only Ward 4 that
was marred with
irregularities and demanded
the outright cancellation of
the result.
In Etche Local Government
where a police officer was
arrested with ballot papers
and result sheets, the APC
supporters yesterday
protested that election did
not hold in their area.
When The Nation visited the
area on Saturday, there
were no INEC officers or
Corps members in the three
Obite communities in Etche.
Voters waited till 4pm before
they departed to their
various homes after they
discovered that election was
not going to take place.
A House of Assembly
candidate for the Advance
Congress of Democrat (ACD)
in Etche, Hon. Samuel Ali, said
elections did not take place
in the area. He said: “The
people of the area are calling
on the INEC to come and
conduct election in the area.
“This morning we discovered
that why election did not hold
in the area is because some
certain politicians hijacked
both the INEC officials and
the materials to their houses
where election for the area
took place. Don’t forget we
arrested police officer with
electoral materials.
“One person was killed in
the area and an INEC official
was caught diverting
electoral materials. There is
no election. INEC must admit
that all these things took
place on Saturday. We are
saying INEC must conduct
election in my area.
In Obio/Akpor Local
Government area, the home
town of the PDP
governorship candidate,
Chief Nyesom Wike, got
224,888 votes as against
the APC’s 9,844 votes, in
spite of the fact that armed
men invaded the area and
carted away electoral
materials during the
elections.
At Obio/Akpor Ward 15 and
16, INEC materials were
hijacked but APC supporters
ensured the elections were
cancelled.
After the declaration of the
result in the area, APC
leaders allegedly said the
results were written in
Wike’s bedroom.

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