They expressed their regrets on in Abuja at a protest rally over the inability of the government to take measures to rescue the over 200 school girls kidnapped by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, in their school in Chibok, Borno State, in 2014.
Boko Haram had last week released a video of the girls who are still alive and said they were willing to trade the girls in exchange for their members in detention in various prisons.
One of the girls, Maida Yakubu, who also spoke in the video asked their parents to beg the Nigerian government to accede to the demand of Boko Haram so that they would be released.
Speaking during the protest on Monday, the chairman of the Chibok Community, Hosea Tsambido said members of the Community and BBOG voted massively for Mr. Buhari as against his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who they voted for in 2011.
“They tell us that our girls seen in the latest video was merely an arrangement,” Mr. Tsambido said. “No one has spoken to the family of any of the Chibok girls since the last video was released, by the terrorists. We regret our votes. We regret it.”
Speaking further, the community leader said, “We were promised that the president would visit Sambisa, after becoming president. We were also told that within two weeks our girls would be rescued.
The BBOG group said it was embarking on a fresh 14-day campaign to re-energize the clamour for the rescue of the girls.
The protesters were heading for the Presidential villa to speak with the president as they usually do during their protests.
They were however, stopped by a combined team of security personnel at the entrance of the three arms zone.
The group said the current administration has ran out of excuses regarding the return of the Chibok girls.
“No more excuses,” they chanted several times.
The protest was still ongoing as at the time of this report.
A pro-Buhari group, the Buhari Media Support Group, (BMSG), had appealed to the “BringBackOurGirls” (BBOG) to shelve today’s demonstration to the Presidential Villa.
The group in a statement by one of its members, Muhammad Labbo, said that was necessary to avoid complications and anything capable of undermining efforts of the government to rescue the girls unharmed.
Mr. Labbo noted that playing politics with the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls was unhelpful and embarrassing to the government and counterproductive to the silent efforts of the military to rescue them.
He said the government would take serious exception to the mobilisation of the parents of the kidnapped girls to score political advantage or exploiting the tragedy to play to the gallery.
Mr. Labbo said dragging the parents of the victims to Abuja for endless demonstrations would only compound a bad situation, and give them the impression that a rescue mission “is as simple as abc.”
According to him, the BringBackOur Girls Group should not claim monopoly of patriotism and humanity over the government by seeking to undermine the silent efforts of the military to map out strategies to safely rescue the girls.
He said if there was a formula for rescuing the girls within 24 hours unharmed, government would have done that, reminding the Bring Back Our Girls group of the complexities and sensitivity of hostage rescue missions.
”The terrorists have no rules of engagement and therefore, would not mind killing all the hostages if the Nigerian military attempts any rash action,” he said.
“But over one year now, there is no tangible statement about our girls. The presidency has stated instead that it is confused.”
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pls chibok! analysis has shown this man never won your town, so for you to come out telling us u regret voting him is nonsense we cannot take it. go to sambiza and rescue ur girls bunch of corrupt idiots. u think we don't know how u shared money from Jonathan?
ReplyDeleteLool. U sef u no de sorry for person. Yh they are looking for sympathy and maybe money but sorry for dem na
DeleteNa wa I! How time flies. Why have they not rescued them now? I thought Jonathan was not competent enough to rescue them, and now the strategist is there the story is the same. God save Nigeria
ReplyDeleteJonathan were giving you people money kwo Una think Baba na Jonathan? So you people are using chibok girls to make so much money
ReplyDeleteChibok community you're totally ignorence you don't vote buhari in 2015 you forgot the time when vp osinbanjo come to Chibok for campaign to beg you for voting buhari You told him your candidate is Jonathan.and also in his administration your childs were abducted.go to sambisa and rescue your childs stupid people whomany of you in Borno state. Buhari didn't say he will rescue your childs, he Said that he will try his best to rescue your child.go and ask Jonathan to rescue childs becouse in his administration your childs were abducted
ReplyDeleteFoolish talk, baboon!
DeleteLeave the baboon,he can't even speak correct English...
DeleteI feel for the parents and it has to be very painful to them.But sentiments aside,they can't possibly expect the federal government to release hardened criminals in exchange for the chicks girls who might have been radicalised after over 3years in captivity.All those bastards need to be executed,the army needs to double down their effort to rescue the girls who will most definitely need counseling before being reintegrated back into d society
ReplyDeleteYou did not vote for Buhari,Buhari is only trying his best to rescue your children.You are ingrate.
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