Girls Secondary School, kidnapped by Boko Haram sect in
Chibok, Borno State, are still continuing their hunger strike,
more than three months since the incident happened, the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) revealed on Sunday,
July 20, 2014.
The Chairman, Borno State chapter of CAN, Rev (Dr) Titus
Pona, made the diclosure while responding to an alleged
killing of the Parish Pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of
God , Mr. Taiwo Dokun, in Dille, a village in Askira-Uba
Local Government Area of the state.
According to Punch online, the religious body also raised the
alarm that palpable fear has gripped Chibok community
over another deadly attack by the insurgents because of
inadequate number of soldiers in the community.
* Parents of abducted scholgirls in Chibok, Borno
It was gathered that residents in Chibok are already
wondering if the Federal Government has withdrawn
security operatives deployed to the community.
According to Pona, all the churches in Borno State are
praying in commemoration of the 100 days of the abduction
of the Chibok schoolgirls.
He said: "We are therefore calling on all Christian brothers
and sisters in Nigeria and indeed all over the world to join
us in prayers.
* Kidnapped girls in Borno. Snapshot from Boko Haram
video
"Today is exactly 100 days that the Chibok girls were
abducted and we are still waiting, but no good response
yet.
"Our parents are still crying and if you go to Chibok now,
parents of the abducted girls have been very sick, thinking
of their daughters. We are still pleading that the
government should do something because my people
are really very disturbed.
"I went to Chibok village myself and not that they were
hospitalized; but they are very sick. Eating food is very
difficult for them, some of them have decided not to be
eating food.
"But we have to plead with them to eat food. Two parents
of the abducted Chibok girls have died because of hearth
attacks. We are therefore calling on the
Christian community in Nigeria and the world over to pray
for not only the abducted girls but also for their parents.
"People are running helter-skelter in our place and there is
that fear that there might be another serious attack.
* Boko Haram members
"Presently, there are only few soldiers in Chibok. Parents
whose daughters have been attacked are apprehensive
that they may be attacked. Presently in Chibok people
are leaving in droves; it has been really traumatic."
Speaking on the burning of the RCCG in Dille, Pona said he
was yet to be briefed on the reported death of the Pastor.
"I have not received information from my coordinator in the
area because communication has been cut off in that place.
But I am aware that people were attacked in that village. I
will confirm from my coordinator in Askira-Uba LGA to find
out if the Pastor was a victim and I will get back to you.
"All I can confirm to you is that there was an attack in Dille,
but there was not much details because of communication
problem in that area. Everybody in the village has ran
away and my coordinator couldn't go to Dille because of
the insurgency", the CAN chairman stated.
No fewer than 45 people were reported to have been killed
in the terror attack in Dille village. Residents of the village
told the newsmen that the wife and children of the late
pastor have not been seen since the death of the
clergyman.
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