Presidential Committee Visits Chibok Weeks After The Tragedy

Presidential Fact-Finding Committee on Thursday visited Borno State town Chibok, where last month nearly 300 female students were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents.

While military commanders visited the town in April, top civilian officials came there for the first time, Premium Times reports. 

The Committee chairman Ibrahim Sabo said they came to sympathize with the girls' parents and according to The Nation Sabo was moved to tears upon hearing their stories. 

Sabo expressed his confidence that the parents will soon be reunited with their children, adding that Goodluck Jonathan is considering all options to enable the students' release.

Rev. Mr. Mark, whose 2 daughters were also abducted by insurgents, said:

"Since the Chief of Defence Staff had announced to the whole world that the Army knows where our daughters are kept, all we can beg them is to try and rescue them alive."

It would be recalled that the Committee was to visit Chibok last week, however the plan was changed due to the alleged security issues, which Sabo denied. Jonathan was also reportedly heading to Chibok on May 16, before flying to Paris, France, for security summit, but that day President visited only France. The country leader's failure to come to the troubled town was highly criticized.

Source: Legit.ng