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The father of one of the rescued Chibok girls identified as
Deborah Jafaru explained how his daughter was taken.
He said: “Unlike the others, Deborah had already finished
her secondary school; she did not make her papers and returned to rewrite her
WASCE when she was taken – Deborah Jafaru is the only one among the 21
girls who returned with a baby.
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| Deborah Jafaru, her father and son. |
The father of one of the rescued Chibok girls identified as
Deborah Jafaru has explained how his daughter was taken and how grateful
he was. He said: “Unlike the others, Deborah had already finished her secondary
school; she did not make her papers and returned to rewrite her WASCE when she
was taken.
“She just got married two weeks before returning for her
papers and they took her, her husband has remarried now. They abducted her with
pregnancy and she had my grandchild there but I’m just grateful to God and the
government for returning my daughter and grandchild to me safely. Words
cannot describe how I feel at the moment.” Deborah is the only one among the
girls who returned with a baby.
Mrs Rifkatu John carried her daughter Jummai Bakwa at the
thanksgiving service. She refused to leave her daughter throughout the event
saying: “I never thought that I would see my daughter again in this life time;
I prayed so much for her safe return and here she is finally. I just want to
give God all the glory and thank the government for bringing her back. I
pray that the other Chibok mothers have the opportunity to see their daughters
again and experience the joy I feel today.”
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| Excitement, emotions, joy: Mrs. Rifkatu John trying to strap her daughter to her back. Photo: The Nation |
Another Chibok girl,
Rahab Ibrahim, expressed gratitude to the government for ensuring their
release, saying: “We never knew they would come out, we thought we were going
to be there and never come out but here we are today, with our parents, I want
to thank the government for making it possible for us to see our parents again.”
Yakubu Nkeki, the
chairman of the Chibok parents Association, said the parents would not be
returning home with the girls. “They have not been handed over to their parents
completely because they are still undergoing some trauma counselling, we are
not taking them back home with us, they are going to remain with the
government, to ensure their welfare and health before they are handed to
us. We pleading with the government to find a reasonable school for them,
we want them to continue with their education,” he said.
Meanwhile, Boko Haram terrorists have tabled two
conditions to the federal government before they can release 83 more Chibok
girls. The country was thrown into excitement following the release of 21 of
the 200 girls who were abducted from their school in 2014 in Chibok. The 21
girls were released on Thursday, October 13 and according to Vanguard, 83 more
girls may soon be released.
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Source: Naij.com
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