Tears as Buhari, wife meet Chibok girls’ mothers

Tears flowed freely on Friday as President
Muhammadu Buhari; his wife, Aisha; and the wife
of the Vice-President, Dolapo Osinbajo, met with
two women whose daughters are among the
over 200 schoolgirls abducted last year by
members of the Boko Haram sect in Chibok,
Borno State.
The emotional-laden encounter took place inside
the Defence House, Abuja, where Buhari
currently operates from.
Mrs. Osinbajo had earlier led the two women to a
meeting with Hajia Buhari, who later led them
into another round of meeting with Buhari.
By the time they emerged from the meeting and
posed for photographs, the two women again
broke down in tears while Mrs. Buhari held them
tightly.
Mrs. Osinbajo also joined in the weeping.
The Vice-President’s wife, with misty eyes, later
told journalists what transpired during the two
separate meetings.
She said, “Hajia Aisha Buhari had for many
months wanted to visit Chibok. She also wanted
to meet with the mothers.
“Today, we had an opportunity for them to meet
face-to-face. We had two of the mothers who still
have their daughters missing after a year.
“Hajia met with them, held them and they cried,
everybody cried. What only a mother will do is
to say ‘wait, I want you to see your father and
see what your father will do.’
“We were all overwhelmed that at this time when
the President is so busy, he had time to meet
with the women from Chibok.
“He spoke to them in English and Hausa. He
explained to them how he keeps telling
everybody to put themselves in their place.
“So, today we have had the opportunity for the
President and Hajia to show that they are our
father and mother, for that we are glad.”
Shortly after the photo session, security men
quickly whisked the weeping mothers away.
It will, however, be recalled that all efforts to
rescue the schoolgirls them abducted over a year
ago have yet to yield any result.