The father of one of the released Chibok
schoolgirls, Deborah Jafaru has explained how
his daughter was taken and how grateful he was
to God and the federal government for her
release.
The girls who were abducted by the religious
extremists, Boko Haram in their school dormitory
in Chibok, Borno state, Northeast Nigeria two
years ago, were last week, released to the
federal government in an undisclosed bargain
with the dreaded sect.
The happy father explained in a thanksgiving
service in Abuja, yesterday, that his daughter
returned to the school to re-seat her WASCE
when she was taken away.
He said, “Unlike the others, Deborah had already
finished her secondary school; she did not make
her papers and returned to rewrite her WASCE
when she was taken.
“She just got married two weeks before
returning for her papers and they took her, her
husband has remarried now.
“They abducted her with pregnancy and she had
my grandchild there but I’m just grateful to God
and the government for returning my daughter
and grandchild to me safely. Words cannot
describe how I feel at the moment.”
Deborah is the only one among the girls who
returned with a baby.