Esther Yakubu, the mother of one of the
Chibok girls who was shown in a video
released by Boko Haram on Sunday,
August 14, 2016, has said that President
Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is
more clueless than that of his predecessor,
Goodluck Jonathan.
Esther’s daughter, Dorcas, along with 49 others,
were shown standing with a member of the
terrorist sect which kidnapped the girls in April
2014.
“I wanted her [Dorcas] to have the best of
education, I planned to sponsor her education to
whatever level she wanted, but she could not sit
for her final examinations because she was
abducted,” she told Punch.
“Boko Haram in the video asked the government to
release their members so that they could release
our girls. If the government knows that it cannot
handle the insurgency, it should invite other
countries. It is not a crime to seek assistance in a
war. It is a shame for them to allow our
daughters to languish in captivity for over two
years.
“I don’t regret sending her to school, but I regret
putting her in boarding school. If she was a day
student, she would be home with me that night.
The abduction affected her because she was in
boarding school,” she added.

Esther, who said she recognized 20 other
Chibok girls in the video, urged the government
to release Boko Haram detainees in exchange
for the girls.
Meanwhile, Bring Back Our Girls founder, Oby
Ezekwesili has said that the group is ready to
march to the Presidential Villa every day to
speed up the girls’ rescue.