Some parents of the Chibok girls have written a letter to President Bola Tinubu, appealing to him to use his office to facilitate the release of the ninety-two abducted girls still in Boko Haram’s den.
The letter was signed by Yana Galang and Zanna Lawan, parents of two girls still in captivity.
They acknowledged Tinubu’s pledge to make security a top priority in his inaugural speech and urged him to help rescue the remaining girls.
The parents also recalled former President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to rescuing the Chibok girls in his inaugural speech in 2015.
According to them, on April 14, 2021, a statement titled “Chibok Girls Still on Our Minds” was also released which further reminded them of Buhari’s promise.
Their letter read;
“Mr President, we seek you to be the light that will illuminate our darkness, end our writhing pains, dry our tears and free us from the shackles of sadness, sorrow, and anguish this trajectory has brought into our existence
“It has been years of pain and agony for us, and we are disheartened that nine years later and a few months before the end of the immediate past administration, 92 of these girls remain in Boko Haram captivity, subjected to the unimaginable ordeal and abuse at the hands of their captor.
“With the baton changing under the same political party in 2023, history will no doubt be kind to you, your family, your government and your party if these statements from your predecessor are achieved under you, more so with our son, Vice President Shettima.
“When we marked the ninth year remembrance of the abduction this year, we didn’t think we would hold any more commemoration, and the truth is that we don’t want to, but regrettably, so it seems, except you come to our rescue and give us succour, another sober commemoration knocks.”
