Chibok Community Celebrates Cultural Festival in FCT, Laments  87 Abducted Schoolgirls Still in Captivity

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja

Members of the Chibok Community in Abuja celebrated the Chibok cultural festival organised to showcase the culture and tradition of the people of Chibok in Southern Borno.

Since the abduction of the Chibok school girls by terror group, Boko Haram, over a decade ago, a majority of the community had remained in Internally Displaced Camps (IDP) in Abuja.

Speaking to journalists, the House of Representatives Member representing Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Federal Constituency, Ahmed Jaha, at the festival organised by leaders of Chibok community in Abuja, under the aegis of Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), said a lot of people who fled the state have not returned.

He said thousands of Chibok people were living at the IDP 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 said.

The Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno, Umar Ibrahim, commended the KADA leaders for their commitment to preserving their heritage.