God Does No Wrong, Obasanjo Counsels Chibok Parents, Appeals for Calm for Girls’ Safe Return

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, played host to some parents of the Chibok girls, who are still kept in an undisclosed location by suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist sect since their abduction from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, in July 2014.

The Chibok parents made up of 17 women and 13 men stormed the Abeokuta country home of the former Nigerian President to intercede ontheirbehalf andplead with both the Federal government and the international community to expedite action for the release of the 112 children that are still being held captive by the terrorist sect.

The ex-President who received the distraught parents at the Green Legacy Resort within his O lu se gun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, expressed confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s ability to rescue the remaining girls.

Citing Biblical passages from John :16:33 and James 1:2, he admonished the parents not to despair any longer, preaching that God who does no evil understands their plight and is capable of bring in gsu cc our to them in no time.

Obasanjo also reminded them that as Christians, it should not be forgotten that they would experience tribulations and fiery trials in the world such as the one burdening them in the last four years now, and added that God who allowed it, also has a good purpose for it.