The recent video of Boko Haram
hostage taking of kidnapped Chibok girls from Borno state that recently crept
out from CNN reports, showing fifteen out of the two hundred and nineteen girls
has again, brought to the fore, that indeed, those children were alive. Back
here in Nigeria, the Chibok parents and the bring back our girls campaign (BBOG)
has stepped up their efforts of echoing out there voices as means of
communicating to this government again on the need to re-strategize, and to disprove
the assertion from some individuals who in one way or the other had raised
there doubt as to whether those girls were alive or not. Some parent that was courageous
enough to watch the clips fall back into agony, pains and psychological torture.
Here is what some of the parents of the
missing girls wrote to their wards
Letter from Martha Enoch to her daughter, Monica Enoch
Life has been difficult without
you these last two years. My life is in discomfort and I have been living with
hypertension since they stole you from me on April 14, 2014. We miss you
whenever we remember the role that you played in our family, especially your
sisters. You were so kind and so special because you touched the lives of
everyone that met you. Our prayers have never ended for you and we still sing
your favorite choruses that you would sing in church. We sing them every
morning and every evening in Hausa and we remember your voice. I always end up
in tears. I wanted you to be a doctor and in fact, we have nicknamed [our other
daughter] ‘doctor’ because of you. Your father had a dream where he saw you
walking up a ladder to heaven. My hope is that I will see you here on earth
again but if I do not, I know you are in heaven. Please serve God faithfully
and I pray that God brings you back to me. I miss you, my daughter.
From your mum, Martha Enoch.
Letter from Rebecca Samuel to her Daughter, Sarah Samuel
You were only eighteen at the time of your abduction. By now
you would be twenty years; that means it’s been two years since you were taken
from me. I am suffering, I am bitter, I cry every time and I am praying and
fasting. Many things are hard and we are just managing life. I know and believe
in God that if there is still life, one day we will see you again. People say
that the [abduction] is a lie, but it is true. I want to tell them that if it
were their children, how would they feel? The 219 children have not returned
since then. If not because of God’s grace, we all would have died. Some of us
[parents] got hypertension, while others got different illnesses because we
were thinking about our abducted children. If you were dead, we would have
cried and been able to move on. But we do not know if you are still alive or
dead. That is why we are worried. I cry and my heart is bitter every night. I
am praying that if you are alive, God should rescue you. I believe God will
save you. As your mother, I am begging God for you to continue praying wherever
you are. I want to tell you to be strong and continue praying. I lost
everything, I lost everything when I lost you.
From your mother, Rebecca.
Letter from Esther Yakubu to her Daughter, Dorcas Yakubu
April 14, 2016
It has been long I heard from
you. How are you and your friends, wherever you are? Hoping that you are doing
better, or managing life, and I know that the angel of the Lord Almighty is
with you, and He will continue to be with you wherever you are. You don’t know
– you don’t have any idea of the plans I have been planning for you all this
while. From birth, I’ve been planning for you, your life, your education, your
health, before you were kidnapped. Before marriage, I wanted you to go to the university,
because I have not been there. My hope is that you will be a fashion designer
as a woman. I had even bought a sewing machine for you, and a travelling bag,
and some set of clothes. But up till now, for two years, I have not seen or
heard anything from you. But I would like to advise you, wherever you are,
please be strong in the Lord and He will see you through. I know I miss you,
but I have the heart and I have the hope that one day I will see you again. I
believe that one day I will fulfill my promise to you, and I will see you
again, and my happiness, my joy, my life will be complete with you and I will
be a happy mother again. The Lord is your strength and I have that hope in me
that I will see you again and I will rejoice in the Lord Almighty.
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