Parents of
the over 200 girls abducted from Chibok
Secondary School
in Borno State have accused the Presidency of insensitivity towards
their plight. The presidential fact-finding committee has refused to
visit Chibok despite spending days in Maiduguri, they said.
The Ibrahim Sabo committee met with the Borno government, Borno
elders and other stakeholders in the troubled state and made plans to
also visit Chibok town, but just like the president did a few days ago,
the committee failed to turn up in the town when parents had already
gathered to receive them.
One of the parents of the abducted girls said their annoyance stemmed
from the fact that they were told to gather very early at the Chibok
secondary school but had to disperse hours later when news filtered in
that the committee wasn’t coming again.
“This was the second time this thing is happening,” he said. “Last
week we got information that the president was coming to see us in
Chibok and we all happily gathered. We were there for hours, only to be
told later that the president would not be coming. It was very painful
because not all of us are from Chibok, but from other adjoining villages
which are far. Some of us also trekked from our village to Chibok.
“We are not saying they should give us anything when they come, but when they
keep running
away from coming to see us, it gives us the impression that we are not
Nigerians. If they, with all the security personnel around them, claim
security concern as their excuse for not coming, then it means Boko
Haram members can as well come and finish us for all they care.”
A community leader in the town who also said the parents had vowed
not to turn up again anytime anybody from the Presidency asked them to
come. He added that
the two occasions that high-profile visits were cancelled have made them (community leaders) look like liars before the parents.
It was gathered that the presidential fact-finding committee refused
to embark on the almost 130-kilometre trip from Maiduguri to Chibok when
they were told about the dangerous road
to the town and the frequent attacks that Boko Haram insurgents had been unleashing on those plying the road.
Source:- Naijaloaded.com
