₦airaland Forum

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.

Source: http://9jabeam.com

The last paragraph is so on point.

All this expectations of Abracadabra from GMB should stop, the man no be magician.

eagleeye2:
All this expectations of Abracadabra from GMB should stop, the man no be magician.

And u expected jonathan to do magic? APC foools

Buhari only need to contact "anonymous" and the girls would be free.

autotrader014:
And u expected jonathan to do magic? APC foools

I am more of a Jonathan supporter than Buhari. But truth be told, I am a Nigerian first and foremost.
As a Nigerian, I will be a good citizen.
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The insult wasn't necessary.