Some parents of the school girls who were abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno by Boko Haram have called on the Nigerian government to negotiate with the insurgents so their daughters can be released.
The parents who are enraged over government’s decision not to swap detained Boko Haram members for the girls, condemned the fact finding committee set up by the government which they described as useless.
President Jonathan pictured with the missing Chibok girls
Pouring out their frustration, one of the affected parents, Lawal Zannah said he doesn’t understand why the government set up a committee.
“Committee is of no use to us, it simply shows that the government needs to be convinced our daughters are missing, well as you can see they are. We are all here today and you have just heard the anguish we have been going through since the abduction.
“How can you form a committee to find out if something under your own care is missing?” Zannah said.
He said Government’s refusal to negotiate has shown they do not care, adding that the Chibok incident might be repeated somewhere else if they failed to negotiate.
Lending voice to the parents frustration, Mr. Bashir Wasau begged the government to accept Boko Haram’s offer of a prisoner swap so that their daughters will return home to them alive.
Another parent, sitting nearby said he believed the federal government is still not even convinced the girls were kidnapped; otherwise there would be no need for a fact finding committee.
Its getting close to two months since the Chibok girls went missing. Boko Haram in a video had stated its intention to negotiate their release, in exchange for the release of its detained members, a proposal which the government turned down.
Meanwhile there were indications on that the federal government had been involved in secret negotiations as Stephen Davis, an Australian cleric, revealed he was secretly hired by the Nigerian government to negotiate the release of the girls, adding that the girls had been split in various camps within and outside Nigeria.
If you wish to know how this story develops, use
Know more about this news? Update the info!