Tempers flared
yesterday as security personnel prevented parents of the missing Chibok girls
from accessing the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.
The protesting
parents who had gone to the seat of government to present their of displeasure
over what they described as lukewarm attitude of President Muhammadu Buhari
towards rescuing the girls said they regretted voting for President Muhammadu
Buhari.
The parents
led by Reverend Enoch Mark, who incidentally has two of his daughters amongst
the abducted girls, decried the poor communication attitude of the Presidency
with the parents.
Reverend Mark,
while lamenting that several parents of kidnaped girls have died due to
emotional trauma, said many more parents were struggling to survive and send
their wards to school.
Three years
after the abduction, the parents said they would continue to embark on peaceful
marches to the villa until they were granted audience by Buhari
At their
resumed protest yesterday, a State House Security official received the parents
and promised to pass their message across to the President. The official did
not give his name.
“We are very
sorry for giving Mr. President our votes. We voted Mr. President hoping he
would rescue our daughters but we have become his enemy.Why can’t the President
communicate with us, are we not Nigerians? Is that good for a president; a
leader to show such attitude. We believe the President is against the Chibok
Community,” Rev. Mark said.
According to sun news,they lambasted
the Federal Government which they said have continued to send messages of
consolation to countries hit by tragedies like plane crashes and earthquakes
but failed to do same to the Chibok parents who have been deprived of their
children in the last three years.
They equally
questioned the capability of the government to rescue the girls, because
according to them, none of the rescue made so far came from the government.
The
#IMarchForChibokGirls to the State House began after the inaugural Chibok
Girl’s Lecture last Friday, after two mothers of the missing girls who took
part in the march, refused to stop at the usual entrance leading to the
presidential villa, where the BBOG, group usually terminate their march but
headed to the entrance of the State House until they were stopped by security
personnel.
President of
the Chibok Community in Abuja, Hosea Tsambido, said the parents would continue
to engage in their peaceful march until the meet President Buhari.
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