Two-hundred and sixty-two days after their daughters were
kidnapped from school, some of the distraught parents of the
students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno
State, on Thursday criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for
not fulfilling his promise to rescue the girls from the custody
of Boko Haram.
The abduction of the 219 girls from their hostel at night on
April 14, 2014 has attracted global outrage and the President
had promised several times that the girls would be rescued
alive.
Nine of the abducted girls’ parents, during their meeting with
the BringBackOurGirls group on Thursday in Abuja, carpeted
the President for failing to bring back the schoolgirls.
The leader of the parents, Rev. Mark Enoch, accused the
government of having a hand in the abduction of the girls,
noting that the principal of the school in Chibok had, few
hours before the abduction, locked the girls in their hostel and
warned them not to leave.
Enoch explained that the relatives of the principal and the
school matron were able to rescue their daughters from the
sect, leaving other girls in captivity.
“This is intentional, the hand of government is in the
kidnapping; we want the government to bring back our girls.
If they cannot do it alone, they should seek the assistance of
the United Nations and some advanced countries, the
distressed father said.
The cleric, who appreciated the BBOG for not giving up on the
girls, noted that but for the activities of the coalition, the issue
of the girls would have been forgotten given the remote
location of the Chibok community.
Another parent, Mrs. Samuel Abana, asked the President to
fulfil the promise he made in July, 2014, when he met with
the parents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President had
told the parents that the government would secure the release
of the girls.
Abana, who broke down in tears while speaking, recalled that
the Federal Government had initially denied the abduction
before Jonathan met with the parents and pledged to rescue
their daughters.
“I want to remind the President of his promise when he met
with us; he promised to rescue our daughters, he said he
would bring the girls back, but six months later, there is no
result. Mr. President, will you fail to rescue them, if your
daughter is abducted? If you can’t do it alone, invite the
United Nations to come and rescue our daughters,” she said.
Another parent, Bulama Jonah, recalled how the school
principal sent his daughter home because she had not paid
N300 for testimonial certificate, adding that the girls had just
two subjects to do in their examinations before they were
taken away by their abductors.
“The saddest thing was that my daughter was sent home
because of N300 just a day before she was kidnapped; I gave
her the money for her testimonial and she went back to
school only for her to be abducted,” he said.
Mrs. Martha Enoch said she was tired of government’s failed
promises, and urged it to take whatever action was necessary
to rescue the seized girls.
“Government kept saying they would bring back the girls, but
if they can’t bring them alive, they should bring their dead
bodies,” she stated.
The BBOG lamented the failure of the President to mention the
issue of the Chibok girls in his New Year broadcast, stressing
that it showed that the government did not care about them.
Few days after the girls were abducted, Boko Haram claimed
responsibility for the kidnapping. It released a video of the
girls while the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, boasted that
the young girls, most of who were said to be Christians, had
been converted to Islamic religion and that they would be
given out in marriages at a token.
While unconfirmed reports said that some of the girls had died
of snake bite in the forest where they were kept, a handful had
escaped from the insurgents’ captivity.
The United Nations in August had announced rehabilitation
facilities for the escaped Chibok girls.
In a statement on the UN website, the United Nations
Population Fund had said that it was working in collaboration
with the World Health Organisation and the United Nations
Children’s Fund to set up clinics to provide health screening
for any of the girls coming back, as well as educating those
who had escaped.
The representative of the UNFPA in Nigeria, Ms. Rati Ndhlovu,
had also been quoted as saying, “The girls are running from
home and they have no menstruation pads and have nothing
to use. They need water. They need the basic things that
keep a woman dignified.”



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sometimes i begin to wonder! who are those behind the shoe-clue-less one.. .this man has failed so many Nigerians.

GEJ., i have got no money to give you, no hospitality of mine can comfort you.. but the only thing i can give to you is a candid Advice.
GEJ, kindly resign, coz if you go ahead and compete with Buhari, in the 2015 presidential election,believe you me sire, you are GONE. ...... .... ....

This is what I've been telling GEJ; never promise a people what you can't do for them thinking its a way to calm nerves. Its better to act without speaking than reverse lest the people carpet you like they've just done.

Match action with words sir. I really feel for these parents and the Chibok community at large.

Very important question: If the president's daughter was kidnapped would he have failed to rescue her till this point? Nigeria and the international communities are watching you.

Above all, like your wife will always cry out "There is God o"

It won't ring a bell, tht nigga's 'umb.

GEJ doesn't fulfill promises, he doesn't care about anything. His devilish second term ambition is too important now.

Thats the thing with Politics...Tell the people what they want to hear
Not what you will do

Jonathan can be less bothered about their plight now cos he's focused on his re-election campaign & strategy

Just hope someday Nigeria & Nigerians will get it right!

Aderupoko2:
GEJ doesn't fulfill promises, he doesn't care about anything. His devilish second term ambition is too important now.

Aderupoko2:
GEJ doesn't fulfill promises, he doesn't care about anything. His devilish second term ambition is too important now.

This is so sad. It must b tough for those parents. In this Chibok case there is no hope.

nja prsdnt never fulfill promise he dsnt hav d qlty of a gud leader