Concerned parents of the Chibok girls have petitioned President Bola Tinubu to assist in the rescue of the 92 kidnapped girls being held captive by Boko Haram.
Yana Galang (mother of Rifkatu Galang, who is still in custody) and Zanna Lawan (father of Aisha Lawan, who is also in captivity) made the request in a letter released on Monday.
They also congratulated Tinubu and Kashim Shettima on their respective inaugurations as President and Vice President.
They pleaded with the President to use his noble office to aid obtain the release of the remaining captive girls.
According to the parents, “Mr President, as you are well aware, our predicament started in 2014 when 276 of our daughters from Chibok Government Secondary School were abducted.
“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 unimaginable ordeal and abuse at the hands of their captors”.
The parents stated in the letter that Tinubu committed to making security a high priority in his inaugural speech.
They encouraged the President to take up the case of the 92 kidnapped girls. Citing the failure of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, to achieve their release despite his pledges.
They further stated, “With the baton changing under the same political party now 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.
“Mr President, we seek you to be the light that will illuminate our darkness, end our pains, dry our tears and free us from the shackles of sadness, sorrow, and anguish this trajectory has brought into our existence.
“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.
“We wait patiently for this succour as our acceptable alternative.”
cc: Punch Ng
