SAN FRANCISCO, October 13, (THEWILL) – Co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls, BBOG advocacy group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has expressed multiple emotions over the release of twenty-one of the abducted Chibok girls, stating that sleep left her eyes immediately she got wind of the development.
The former Education minister reacted using her Twitter handle: @obyezeks, thus: “I can only weep, right now. You know that kind of cry that is a mix of multiple emotions.
“Lord. Some of OUR Girls ARE BACK!!! B. A. C. K.!
“It is 4am in California and I can no longer sleep. Join me in singing the words of Psalm126… “When the Lord turned again the CAPTIVITY…”
“As WE @BBOG_Nigeria wait for FG and #ChibokParents identification of OUR 21 #ChibokGirls.
“THANK YOU, LORD.
“THANK YOU, @MBuhari .Thank you.”
Over 200 of the girls were kidnapped in April 2014 from Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists.
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, had confirmed that twenty-one (21) of the missing Chibok girls have indeed been released and are in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.
Story by Ugonnabo Ngwu.
