- Parents of the Dapchi schoolgirls say they have been going through a heartbreaking experience since the abduction of their daughters
- Aisha Buhari adopts the slogan, ‘Leave Our Daughters Alone’, as a rallying cry against the abduction of schoolgirls in parts of the country
Parents of the Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents have trooped to the National Assembly demanding the immediate rescue of their daughters from the custody of the terrorists.
Vanguard reports that the parents on Thursday, March 8, at the Assembly complex, complained that they have been going through a heartbreaking experience since the abduction of their daughters.
The grieving parents who wore black shirts with inscription: We are Dapchi People, said that they were at the Assembly to demand the rescue of their daughters and not to criticise and attack the government.
Daily Independent reports that a father, Yahaya Taributu, said three of his daughters were among the girls abducted by the terrorists.
“Government should go and bring back our daughters”, Taributu said.
Another parent, Aisha Alhaji Bukar, said her daughter was also abducted, adding that she has not being sleeping or eating well since the incidence.
The parents insisted that the security of their town had been very porous, indicating that they were not surprised that their daughters were carted away easily.
Meanwhile, Nigerians have been urged by the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, to make the abduction of girls in parts of the country the focal point of this year’s International Women’s Day.
In a message posted on her Facebook page, the president’s wife described this year’s celebration as one with a difference. This is as she noted that the day was being marked not long after the abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls.
NigeriaNews.ca notes that Mrs Buhari announced that as a strong call for the end of such abductions, she had developed a local theme, ‘Leave Our Daughters Alone’.