….. Asks Buhari to urgently do something
The Kibaku Arrea Development Association ,the Umbrella Socio Cultural organisation of Chibok Community in Borno state has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to come to its aid in the face of what it described as hunger and imminent annihilation by the Boko Haram terrorists.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, President of the association, Dauda Iliya called on the Federal Government for support to save the community from total destruction.
Iliya said since 2012, the community had continued to be subjected to persistent and sustained attacks, killings, abductions, maiming, arson and other myriads of criminality without adequate government protection.
” Chibok has been for all intents and purposes abandoned to its own devices by all layers of government in Nigeria.
” Right from late 2012 up to this time, the statistics of the state of damage and destruction of lives and property inflicted on the community presents a worrisome and pathetic picture.
Iliya stated that 110 of the 276 girls abducted in 2014 are still unaccounted for while over 72 persons in the community have been killed and over 407 abducted
He said several properties including houses, business premises and churches were destroyed while over 20 vehicles were stolen and many grain barns were destroyed.
Iliya described the frequency of attacks and destruction on the community from 2018 to date as alarming as he narrated
” Just in 2022 alone, Kautikari ( second largest town in Chibok area) was attacked on January 14 with five girls abducted,.three persons killed and many hiuses and churches burnt.
” In sustaining the carnage,Piyemi, another big town in Chibok area was attacked on January 20 with 19 persons mostly girls abducted and one person, the Vigilante leader beheaded.
The (KADA) called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency “seek for support to synergize with” our security agencies to stop the sustained carnage confronting the community.
” By so doing,we expect our remaining 110 daughters abducted in 2014 and numerous others subsequently abducted at different times to be brought back to us.”
The association also called on the Federal Government to set up an Internally Displaced People ( IDP) camp in Chibok and provide the community with skills acquisition center to avoid imminent hunger and starvation
It appealed to the Federal Government to secure the community with more troops and arms so as to secure the lives and property of the people while also calling on the state government to do more.
” We request the Federal Government to order deployment of more military personnel and better arms to Chibok to halt the continuous attacks on the community
. ” We also appeal to our action Governor to do more in organising and helping our people in securing our state in general and Chibok in particular.,”
It urged the media not to relent in highlighting the plight of the people and condoled with the Nigerian Army theatre command, Maiduguri for the loss of its gallant soldiers who died in Askira while fighting against the terrorists on November 13, 2021.
