We want to see our daughters before we die – Chibok Parents cries out as yet-to-be released Chibok girls spend 7th year in captivity

Parents of the yet to be released 112 girls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State, have cried out expressing their wishes of seeing their children before they die.

Today, Wednesday April 14 marks the 7th year when Boko Haram terrorists stormed GGSS Chibok on April 14, 2014, forced 276 girls into a truck and moved towards the Sambisa Forest. Some girls escaped soon after the abduction, and more than 100 others have since been freed through negotiations.

One of the parents, Bulama Jonah whose 18-year-old daughter, Amina was among the abducted Chibok girls prayed to live and see the return of his daughter.

Jonah said;

“If the government had responded in time, our daughters would have been saved. The United States had spotted 80 girls during the last administration, why did the government fail to rescue them. We, therefore, call on the president to step up search for these innocent girls.

“We heard that (former President) Obasanjo, at a point said many of the girls were pregnant and recently, we heard he concluded that the girls were dead and could not be found.

“It is always better for children to bury their parents and not the other way round. Sadly, our predicament is worse because we are not even sure if our daughters are alive. Assuming we saw their dead bodies and bury them, we would have carried on with our lives.

“I always dream that my daughter is back and pray the federal government will rescue them before we die.”