Members of the Chibok community, under the umbrella of the Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA) have reaffirmed their support for the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) advocacy.
According to members of the community, the plight of the Chibok girls would have been long forgotten, if not for the #BBOG.
Members of KADA who say that they are solidly behind the #BBOG have called on the Federal Government (FG) and its agencies to restrain from trying to portray the BBOG in bad light.
In a statement signed by the National Chairman and National Secretary KADA, Dr Pogu Bitrus and Engr. Battah Ndirpaya, KADA stated that it has absolute trust in #BBOG and its members.
It stated, “It has become imperative once again as community leaders and direct feelers of the unfortunate incident that brought our land to national discourse to come out and make clear our positions on the recent happenings in the country around the demand for the rescue of our daughters abducted on the 14th of April, 2014, with 218 girls still remaining in captivity for over 885 days today.
“The advocacy for the rescue of the Chibok girls is not a struggle for the Chibok Community, families and parents of the abducted girls alone but it is a national and global advocacy that must be sustained until the girls are recued alive and reunited with their parents, families and community. As community leaders therefore we identify and validate with absolute confidence and trust every individual, group, or organisation standing with us in this advocacy and demanding for our daughters’ freedom.
“In the light of the above therefore we wish to make it clear to all that, we are solidly in support of the citizens’ movement, “the BRING BACK OUR GIRLS MOVEMENT” we have absolute trust in the movement and its members and their civility. We appreciate their resilience in staying for all this while with us as traumatized community.
“Let the truth be told, if not for BBOG the issue of Chibok girls would have been long forgotten. We therefore appeal to the Federal government and its agencies to restrain from trying to portray the BBOG in bad light for standing for worthy and just cause of demanding the rescue of our innocent daughters, many others in abduction and continues calling for attention on the IDPs and Northeast in general. Our religious principles demand us to “DO TO OTHERS WHAT WE WOULD WANT THEM DO FOR US.” Therefore, BBOG is fulfilling divine mandate and should be encouraged and not maligned.
“Regardless of all distractions by portraying the movement in bad light, we want to assure all the members of the BBOG movement and especially its leadership that the leadership of KADA and its entire membership are with you. We appreciate your empathy, sympathy, trust, and sense of patriotism as citizens for standing for one another no matter the social status. We earnestly implore you to continue with your good work of advocating for the rescue of our abducted daughters.
“KADA national leadership also acknowledges and appreciates the activities and commitments of the Kibaku community in Abuja under the leadership of Hosea Abana Tsambido. You have our support. We encourage you to keep on giving the selfless service to our community, especially the parents of the girls and their families which you belong.
“Our girls are not back as such we will continue to demand for concerted effort by the Federal government and its agencies to ensure critical and definitive focus is given the rescue of our daughters, to that effect we demand;
“The federal government handles the issues raised in the plea for rescue video with the urgency it deserves that would translate to material and tangible results.
“The federal government to explore avenue of giving opportunity for citizens that can stand between Nigeria and the terrorists to explore best options of getting the girls back and alive.
“The Federal government to periodically communicate to the Chibok community (where all the parents belong) through the leadership of KADA what is being done to ensure the rescue of our daughters.
“We will keep engaging with the Federal government, its relevant agencies and stakeholders continuously until our girls are rescued and brought back to us.”