Speaking during a meeting with the Nigerian community in Windhoek, Namibia, the First Lady empathised with families of the missing girls and the entire Chibok community where they were kidnapped from.
“As a mother, I am very worried over the abduction of these girls; I share the pains of the mothers whose children were abducted,” Patience said.
She also expressed optimism that the girls will be released soon,
saying the women of Nigeria have fasted and prayed that God will touch
the minds of members of the sect and they will be released safely from
wherever they are being held captive, The Nation reports.
She commended the security agencies for their efforts and patriotic
zeal in fighting terrorism and urban violence, especially in the North
East.
She therefore called on Nigerians in the Diaspora to support the
government and the military in putting an end to the insurgency plaguing
the country, especially in the North-eastern region.
The schoolgirls had been kidnapped on April 14, during a night raid
by the dreaded Boko Haram sect. About 20 days after their abduction
which sparked public outrage, the First Lady had wept publicly in a
video which went viral, begging for the release of the girls. The video
sparked reactions from different quarters.
For months the parents of the abducted girls have been asking to see
the president and he finally met with them on Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
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