Mums and Mothers say: ‘Bring back our girls’

As part of the ways advocate for the return of the Chibok girls as well as celebrate the Children’s Day, Mums and Mothers Association in collaboration with the African Princess Foundation have enjoined everyone to pray and fight for the release of the girls.

Marie Marire, president of Mums and Mothers Association said this is a wakeup call for all the mothers, fathers and children to insist that the Chibok girls be brought home and alive, adding that this programmes needs to be taken seriously because the more their voices are heard, the more it gets to the heart of the people.

“I see those children as princesses that shouldn’t be wasted like that and the trauma their parents go through is another problem, so we are using this medium to wake up the women to contribute in their little ways by talking to their husbands as well to join in the fight for the release of these girls,” said Marire.

Nkiru Mbajiaku, the vice president of the associations said that the association takes care of the less privileged, the fatherless, the orphans as well as their mothers, who are widows and showing that the female child has a lot to offer and should be honoured just like the male child.

According to Mbajiaku, “As mothers, we feel the pain of what the child and the mother who is not with the child will be going through, so we thought it wise to use this forum to pray for the girls and insist that these menace should stop.

She noted that the Muslims and the Christians have come together to agitate for this. This only show that we are one Nigeria, and people that course this menace are not narrowed down to a particular religion but people who are trying to perpetuate evil in the society.

Abd Rasheed Akinyemi, President of the Muslim Brothers Group said there is a huge difference between Islamic and Islamist, adding the Muslims are Islamic and are not terrorists.

Akinyemi noted that the Muslims forbid the drinking of blood and the killing of Christians, the Boko Haram enslaves humans but the Muslims forbid this.

According to him: “Good Muslims go through all the due processes required in getting married a woman and do not forbid Western education. Muslims are lover of peace and we pray that peace and unity will come back to Nigeria.”

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