HUNDREDS of women from Chibok, Borno State, on Tuesday, staged a protest in Abuja urging the Federal Government to intensify efforts in rescuing the remaining female students abducted in the town about two weeks ago by insurgents.
The women were dressed in black and converged on Eagle Square before marching to the National Assembly.
They were led by Naomi Mutah, who also spoke on their behalf.
She said they took the decision to stage the protest in order to express their dissatisfaction with the way the rescue efforts of their kidnapped daughters were being handled by government.
She alleged that no government official had reached out to the community to intimate the people of the efforts being made to rescue the girls.
“Our daughters were carried away by the insurgents like cows into the wilderness. If they are dead, we want to see their corpses.
“For the past two weeks that the incident occurred, nobody has talked to us. We are dying in silence. Where is the international community? We need their assistance.
“We have come here to express our dismay. Probably if the government sees us like this, it may ginger them to do what they are supposed to do.
We want government to rescue our daughters from their abductors,’’ she said.
A concerned father in Chibok, Malam Shetima Abba, said they would leave no stone unturned until they find the missing girls in the wild.
Similarly, Esther Bata, who was part of a peaceful demonstration in Abuja, said many parents in the troubled community were now suffering from hypertension and related body complications.
Speaking in an interview with the VOA Hausa, monitored in Kaduna, on Tuesday, Abba said when reports reached them that the girls were moved to a further location, the development had angered the affected parents and caused serious upsets.
