92 abducted Chibok girls who are still held captive by Boko Haram have been urged to be released by President Bola Tinubu by their worried parents.
Yana Galang, the mother of Rifkatu Galang, who is still being held captive, and Zanna Lawan, the father of Aisha Lawan, made the appeal in a letter that was sent on Monday.
They also congratulated Tinubu and Kashim Shettima on their assumption of office as President and Vice President, respectively.
Read Also: 10th NASS: PDP Clarifies Position On Tussle For Leadership Positions
They begged the President to use his honourable office to help to secure the release of the remaining girls in captivity.
It reads;
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.
They urged the President to take up the issue of the 92 kidnapped girls, after his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, was not able to secure their release, despite his promises.
The parents said;
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.
