We Ate Nothing For 40 Days, Rescued Chibok Girls Lament
The 21 freed Chibok Girls released by Boko Haram Terrorists have said that they were given no food for “one month and 10 days’’ by their abductors.
Miss Gloria Dame, who spoke on behalf of the released girls, said she was grateful to God for their release and reunion with their families.
Speaking in Hausa, Miss Dame, prayed God to ensure the safe release of the other girls still in captivity.
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She said, “We never thought we will ever see this moment but God has made it possible for us. I want to appeal to all of us to fast and pray for the safe release of those left behind.
“For one month and 10 days we stayed without food. I narrowly escaped bomb blast in the forest.
“We are praying God to touch the heart of Boko Haram to repent and we are calling on Nigerians to pray and fast for the release of the remaining girls in captivity.”
Meanwhile, it was an electrifying moment when parents of the freed girls arrived the venue of the thanksgiving and were reunited with their loved ones after over two years of their abduction.
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The chairman, Chibok local government council, Mr Yaga Yarakawa, said, the release of the girls was “historic’’ and the Chibok community at home and in the diaspora are happy about the development.
Yarakawa said contrary to views of some Nigerians, the 21 freed girls were the actual Chibok Secondary School girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents.
“Before their abduction, I was involved in supervising their feeding which was organised by the Borno State Secondary Schools Feeding System. So I know them very well.
“These are the real girls and you can see when their parents came, you see their joy, it manifest naturally.
“This is enough to tell you that it is a reality and anybody who say something different may have a different agenda altogether,’’ he said.
