Chibok Girls: We know Government is lying about their release – Parents

Parents of the abducted Chibok girls may be giving up, as they said they have lost all hope of reuniting with their daughters since they realized that government was foot dragging on the purported negotiation with the sect members.

One of the parents of the missing girls, Mallam Pur Chibok spoke to DailyPost in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

“Our tears no longer tell the story, we know what we are feeling in our minds, but whoever has a hand in the abduction of our daughters would have many worries before his time comes. We would not talk much about our daughters, but those who abducted them know that they have abducted the wrong girls to play politics with.”

Mallam Pur told DailyPost that when the Federal Government declared that last Monday the girls would be released, he told his brothers whose daughters were also abducted not to jubilate because the Federal Government does not know the people they are dealing with.

He said further that the girls were mere victims of politics that is going on in Borno and until that is put aside, the girls will not be released.

“No parent wants to talk; nobody wants to tell the truth. Each time they talk about Chibok girls, they speak from what they think the situation is all about but that is not what we are hearing. The truth is that we believe the Federal Government should by now know some people in Borno State who were either directly or indirectly involved in the abduction if not for politics that is involved.”

Continuing, Mallam Pur said: “They said it was not last Monday but this Monday; there is still no signal that tells you that there is hope. For me, I have lost a daughter and I am only waiting for a miracle to happen. I will be happy if I ever see her again but if I don’t, I believe we will meet again in the hereafter. I do not want to rely on promises that will never come.

“They told us they have negotiated but things seem to be taking a totally new dimension. There is so much killing and burning of churches at the moment. The Christian community in Hawul Local Government will be going for a meeting to discuss what is going on in their area because the whole thing seem to have gone beyond the Boko Haram thing with stories making the rounds about politicians sponsoring the attacks”, Mallam Pur said.

Another parent, who identified himself simply as Madu, said his daughter was one of the 57 who escaped. The story his daughter told him, according to him, is far from what people are made to believe.

“Our daughters have been shielded from even the parents because they have certain information which can generate trouble. I think there is more than meet the eye”, Madu said.

Continuing, Madu prayed for the release of the girls, adding that some of the parents who died as a result of the abduction did not have a peaceful death, and that even those who are alive are living as shadows of themselves because they have all been touched in the most painful way.