Chibok community celebrates cultural festival in Abuja
Over a decade members of Boko Haram terrorists abducted some school girls in Chibok, a community in Southern Borno, large percentage of members of the community are yet to return home, City & Crime reports. Members of the community, who have remained in Abuja since the time of the incident, however, gathered on Saturday in […]
Chibok community during their cultural festival in Abuja
Over a decade members of Boko Haram terrorists abducted some school girls in Chibok, a community in Southern Borno, large percentage of members of the community are yet to return home, City & Crime reports.
Members of the community, who have remained in Abuja since the time of the incident, however, gathered on Saturday in the nation’s capital to celebrate a cultural festival with a view to showcasing their culture to the children born after the incident.
Speaking to journalists, the House of Representatives Member representing Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Federal Constituency, Ahmed Jaha, while speaking during the 2023 cultural festival organised by leaders of Chibok community in Abuja, under the aegis of Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), a lot of people who fled the state have not returned.
According to him, thousands of Chibok people had been living and still living in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps and taking refuge in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt, Nasarawa, among other cities in different parts of the country including the FCT.
“The effort of the government is highly commendable but we are human beings and the journey of 100 miles begins with a step. Actually we have to commend the federal government for recovering some of the Chibok girls but we still have in captivity 87.
“We are equally quite happy with the way and manner peace has returned to some part of Chibok, but we are still working tirelessly, begging and soliciting for the federal government to provide security where security personnel are not present,” he added.
Also, the Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno, Umar Ibrahim, commended the KADA leaders for their commitment to preserving their heritage.