The Borno State Government has assured parents of the abducted Chibok school girls of the government’s continued efforts to rescue the rest of the abducted girls, ten years after the ugly incident.
Prof Usman Tar, the state Commissioner for Information and Internal security, gave the assurance on Saturday, at a press conference to mark the ten years of the Chibok Girls abduction.
Tar said that ten years ago, the Boko Haram insurgents criminally abducted 276 innocent girls in their hotels at Government Girls Secondary School Chibok.
“This painful date is ingrained in our collective memory and we shall not rest on our oars until the last of our innocent girls are back home with their families.
“On this auspicious occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the abduction of Chibok Girls, the Borno Government identifies and sympathises with all those who are affected by the abduction.
“The Government wishes to inform the public that we shall continue to struggle to salvage our abducted girls on behalf of the parents and relatives of the Chibok girls who are still in captivity,” he said.
Tar explained that the government was committed to rescuing and reuniting the remaining Chibok girls and reuniting them with their families.
“We understand the pain and anguish that the families of those still in captivity are going through, this is our sorrow!
“We also wish to use this occasion to take stock of the rescued girls and provide an update on how the girls are coming to terms with adjusting to normal life after captivity, and the efforts of the Borno government to sustain the momentum on the rescue of the remaining girls,” he added.
