TEARS AS BUHARI, WIFE MEET CHIBOK GIRLS’ MOTHERS

425 DAYS since over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from Chibok

Wife of the Vice President Dolapo Osinbajo and mothers of two of the over 200 missing Chibok girls broke down in tears yesterday after President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha, met them at the Defence House, Abuja.

Mrs. Osinbajo had earlier led the two mothers to a meeting with Mrs. Buhari who later led them into another meeting with the president.

Immediately the two mothers burst into tears while posing for photographs after the meeting, Osinbajo’s wife too could not help weeping.

Speaking to State House correspondents on the outcome of the two separate meetings, Mrs. Osinbajo said: “Hajia Aisha Buhari had for many months wanted to visit Chibok. She also wanted to meet with the mothers. Today (yesterday), we had an opportunity for them to meet faceto-face. We had two of the mothers who still have their daughters missing after a year.”

She added that: “Hajia, being a mother, 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 extremely 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.”

The vice president’s wife stated that: “So, today (yesterday), we’ve had the opportunity for the president and Hajia to show that they’re our father and mother. For that, we’re glad.”

Our correspondent reports that immediately after the photograph session, security operatives whisked the devastated mothers away.