President
Muhammadu Buhari has assured the parents of the school girls that were abducted
from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, that “their
daughters will never be forgotten or abandoned to their fate, despite four long
years since they were taken away by terrorists.’’
A statement by the Presidency Friday said
President Buhari joined the Borno State government, parents of the children and
Nigerians in commemorating the fourth anniversary of the sad incident, praying
that the event at the daughters’ school today will go well.
The President urged the parents to keep their
hopes alive on the return of their daughters, noting that the recovery of more
than a 100 of the girls that were kidnapped should give confidence that all
“hope is not lost”.
President Buhari re-affirmed that the
government remains focused and determined to see the girls return to their
homes, urging the parents to be expectant of more good news in due course.
“We are concerned and aware that it is taking
long to bring the rest of our daughters back home, but be assured that this
administration is doing its very best to free the girls from their captors.
“Unfortunately, the negotiations between the
government and Boko Haram suffered some unexpected setbacks, owing mainly to a
lack of agreement among their abductors, whose internal differences have led to
a divergence of voices regarding the outcome of the talks. We know that this is
not the news parents want to hear after four whole years of waiting, but we
want to be as honest as possible with you.
“However, this government is not relenting. We
will continue to persist, and the parents should please not give up. Don’t give
up hope of seeing our daughters back home again. Don’t lose faith in this
government’s ability to fulfill our promise of reuniting you with our
daughters.
“Don’t imagine for a moment that we have
forgotten about our daughters or that we consider their freedom a lost
course,’’ the president said.
President Buhari assured that as long as he
remains the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces the Chibok girls will never
be forgotten and all will be done to have them reunited with their families.
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