FG never met Chibok girls’ parents – KIBAKU

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The Kibaku Area De­velopment Association (KADA), an umbrella body of all Chibok peo­ple, south of Borno State ,has said those that attended meet­ing with the Minister of State for Power, Hon Mohammed Wakil on Thursday in Maidu­guri over the fate of the missing schoolgirls, were not true par­ents and relations of the abduct­ed girls.

The minister had on Thursday said he led a delegation on behalf of the Federal Government to meet parents and relations of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls at a closed-door meeing in Maidu­guri. He said in a press statement made available to journalists in Maiduguri that the meeting dwelt on steps taken by the government to rescue the abducted teenagers, saying successes recorded by the military show the missing girls may be rescued soon.

But the Chibok community through a press statement by its Director of Publicity, Dr, Allen Manasseh, said the Federal Gov­ernment represented by the min­ister, met with some displaced people from his local government and a few Chibok indigenes taking refuge in Maiduguri.

“For the records, (the minister) Bar Mohammed Wakil the minis­ter of State for Power was never at any meeting with any Chibok par­ent of the abducted girls. He met some displaced people from his local government Damboa,” the statement said.

The community alleged the meeting was coordinated by a woman leader of the minister’s party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and attended by party supporters from Gwoza, Damboa and Chibok being the constituency of the minister when he was at the Federal House of Representatives.

KIBAKU said the Chibok peo­ple are unhappy with the claim of meeting by the minister with par­ents and relations, alleging that the minister has not visited them since the incident occurred.

“We don’t like deception. All those who spoke at the meeting in Maiduguri only did so at their personal level not for the abducted girls parents or Chibok people in general,” the association.

However, a woman, who iden­tified herself as Hajiya Hauwa Chibok in an email message sent to journalists in Maiduguri yesterday, claimed the minister met the Chibok women on Thursday.

“The minister met us about 10am on Thursday in Maiduguri. He was with us for two hours . We prayed together for our daughters and also prayed for the military.

“We thank President Goodluck Jonathan for sending Wakil to sym­pathise with us over our missing daughters. Mallam Wakil briefed us on the security efforts and we appre­ciated it,” the statement read.