Governor Zulum of Borno State
By Dauda R. Pam, Maiduguri
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has expressed optimism that the abducted Chibok school girls will be rescued, seven years after they were kidnapped by the bokoharam terror group.
It was on 14 April 2014, that the terrorists captured 276 girls aged between 12 and 17 from the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State.
Though a good number of the students have been rescued, he said,about 100 of them are still in captivity.
“As a father of all sons and daughters of Borno, I haven’t lost hope that our remaining Chibok schoolgirls and other abducted persons will be safely recovered”,he enthused.
The GOVERNOR’smessage, re-igniting hope that the students who are still in the kidnappers’ den may not have been forgotten as they will reunite with their parents.
Just as critics have continued to lashed out at the Federal Government over its inability to rescue the schoolgirls, Governor Zulum says, President Muhammadu Buhari, is as concerned as the parents of the Chibok girls about the development.
“Countless times, the President has shown me that he is not losing hope on the Chibok girls,” Zulum said.
Buhari, he continued,who swept to power in 2015 on a three-pronged promise of tackling insecurity, fighting corruption and rebuilding the country’s decaying infrastructure”, is still committed to his campaign agenda.
“He said to me although a number of our girls were re-united with their parents and are being catered for by the Federal Government, he is not happy until the remaining girls are freed.”
Govenor Zulum equally called for more prayers from Borno residents for the safe return of the students.
“While we pray, our prayers are being combined with relentless support for security agencies and funding thousands of our recruited volunteers, as we all remain determined in our shared goal to free Borno and all its people”.
Lamenting over the situation, the governor added in a similar message in which he also acknowledged the mental torture, parents of the abducted students may have been going through.
