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Parents Are Dying, Jonathan Please Come to our Aid – Chibok Chairman cries out

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10 years ago

July 5, 2014

Sad news have swept through Chibok Borno State, as Seven parents of the abducted female pupils of the Government Secondary School, Chibok have passed away due to trauma.
Chibok Kibaku Area Development Association community chairman, Dr. Pogu Bitrus revealed this yesterday during a news briefing in the Federal State Capital Abuja.
This news is coming eighty one days after Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 girls and have killed 229 people in 15 attacks on the Chibok community.
He also begged the Jonathan led Federal Government to dialogue with the sect for the release of these school girls who have been said to be raped and molested by the terrorists.
He also disclosed that the FG has not even been able to provide adequate security for them even after 15 attacks and 229 people died. He also asked for more educational infrastructure to help out kids scared of going to school in Chibok.
He then asked the FG to finally construct the 40km Mbalala-Chibok-Damboa federal road which has been left to rot for the past 20 years.
Bitrus said: “Today (Friday) is 81 days since the abduction and in spite of the firm categorical statements by the Chief of Defence Staff that the location of the girls is known to the government, the appalling situation and agony encompassing the unfortunate abduction saga and detention of the Chibok girls by the Boko Haram insurgents continues and the rescue efforts by the government is yet to yield any result.)
“So far, Boko Haram has carried out 15 attacks on the Chibok (Kibaku) nation involving 19 villages with over 229 killed and over 100 injured. Some of the victims of the attacks are parents and relations of the abducted girls and thereby adding more pains to the traumatic condition in the Chibok community.
“While the situation persists, many distressed parents are dying of heart attack and frustration as their dejection had become unbearable. On record, seven parents have lost their lives due to the trauma of the situation.”