Chibok girls 500 days in captivity, women group asks Buhari to act
(Nigeria) Women Arise for Change Initiative, has called on President
Muhammadu Buhari to do everything legitimately possible to ensure that the
Chibok girls and every other women and children being held in Boko Haram
captivity are rescued as a matter of priority, as it remembers the sad incident
of the night of April 14, 2014, wherein 276 schoolgirls were abducted from
their school dormitory in Chibok, Borno State.
President of Women Arise for Change Initiative, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin in a statement, said “This
abduction, even as not the only in history, is symbolic and has particularly
generated global reactions with singular demand for rescue of the victim girls.
“While other victims whose abductions were not publicly
known have been rescued, which is appreciated, it already has become a symbolic
expectation that Chibok girls' rescue has more of global concern.
“It has been 500 days since the Chibok girls were abducted
by terrorists and while some of the girls were fortunate to have escaped, the
fate of the rest still remains unknown. As it stands, it is already impossible
for Nigerians, as well as world over, to forget the kidnapped Chibok girls.
“Their rescue will bring new sense of confidence in security
and affirmation of Governance in Nigeria. This is the more reason we will not
stop calling for their rescue as we need a new Nigeria with positive image. It
is more so important for the girls' families to reunite with them.
“It is equally saddening that even since the past 500 days of
abduction of Chibok girls, the terrorist sect, Boko Haram is still in its
insane mission of brutally attacking young
children in the North, and has daringly also been killing innocent
people in suicide bombings.
“Hundreds of thousands of children have been displaced from
their homes and deprived of their rights to live and grow up safely with sense
of stability, dignity and peace of mind. The killing, abduction and recruitment
of women and children, including the use of girls as “suicide bombers.” is abhorrent.
“As we commemorate the 500 days of the sad abduction of the
Chibok girls, we must say that going to school should not have to be an act of
bravery. Every child must be able to
live in peace and enjoy their right to safe education.
“We are therefore, pleading with the new administration of
President Buhari to do everything legitimately possible to ensure that the
Chibok girls and every other women and children being held in Boko Haram
captivity are rescued as a matter of priority. This we hope will be done by the
government without creating additional risks for protection of our children. We
hope not to commemorate this sad incidence further then 500 days.
“Today, we reaffirm our commitment to the struggle for the
Rescue of the abducted Chibok girls while standing in solidarity with the
families of all abductees, their communities and the Nigerian people in
general.”
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