Some of the mothers of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State could not hold back their tears on Tuesday as they occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest.
The protesters which include members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution are lamenting over what they described as the negligence of the state and Federal Government in securing the release of the children.
Angelina Babale one of the mothers spoke with Channels Television in Pidgin English. In an emotion-laden voice, she said she has been enveloped in grief since the abduction of her daughter.
Angelina Babale said she has been enveloped in grief since the abduction of her daughter.
She called on the Federal Government to intervene and lamented that Nigerian troops do peace-keeping in other countries and now they are needed to keep peace in their home country.Rabi Magaji Zakariah lamented that her son should have graduated last year but for the Coronavirus pandemic.
Another mother of the abducted students, Rabi Magaji Zakariah, who is a widow, wept profusely during the protest.
“I feel it. I carried him in my tummy for nine months. I trained him for 27 months,” she said amid tears.
She lamented further that her son should have graduated last year but for the Coronavirus pandemic and now her son is nowhere to be found.
“I no fit sleep, I look back I look front, I no see my boy,” she said as sympathisers held her.
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