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| CHIBOK MOTHERS CRYING AT ABUJA PROTEST. |
Sahara Reporters reports that Mrs. Kema Chikwe, the National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today publicly questioned the story of the abduction of teenage school girls in Chibok, Borno State.
Speaking at a prayer session held for national security at the party's national secretariat in Abuja, Mrs. Chikwe said there were many unanswered questions concerning the kidnap.
Among them, according to her, are: "How did it happen? Who saw it happen? Who did not see it happen? Who is behind this?”
Towards obtaining answers, she demanded that the principal of the school should release the names and photographs of the abducted girls.
Mrs. Chikwe was tabling her controversial queries on the same day that many indigenes of Chibok, including anguished mothers seeking answers from the government, staged a public protest in Abuja to demand the immediate return of the girls, who were abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents over two weeks ago.
Converging at Eagle Square in the federal capital, the women, most of them members of the Kibaku Development Association in Chibok, marched to the National Assembly, where they submitted a grievance letter.
During her comments at the PDP Secretariat, Mrs. Chikwe to several of Nigeria’s security issues, including Boko Haram, kidnapping, and armed robbery.
"There is no newspaper that does not carry news of rape [sic] even babies,” she said. “There is hypocrisy about corruption among individual Nigerians.
"The last straw that broke the camel's back was the kidnap of Chibok schoolgirls."
She then went on to question whether the girls were actually abducted in the first place, suggesting a conspiracy scenario the PDP government has yet to speak about.
Mrs. Chikwe however described those behind the crimes as “lovers of darkness rather than light,” and called on God to touch their hearts.
Also speaking at the occasion, the chairperson, Senator Helen Esuene, stated that women are noted to stand for peace.
In comments that seemed to disagree with those of Mrs. Chikwe, she described women as the home builders, the ones who go through the pains of labour, and the ones who carry the children in their wombs.
"There is not much we can do than to pray because prayer is the answer to every problem".
As the National Women Leader, Mrs. Chikwe is a central figure in the mainstream of the party. It is unclear if her comments today represent the thinking of the party or its government, which seems frozen in time about the abductions in Chibok.
*SMH sadly at this statement....so the chibok mothers who staged a protest crying yesterday at the national assembly were hired?
Let me disregard this statement attributed to her,hopefully she will deny it soon........or am i not understanding what she means?
Please someone should help me out whilst i revert to my bitter kola.
Oh my goodness, what is she saying? Meanwhile Stella, Prince Eke and Prosper don talk wetin happen with them and Angela! Abeg bring jist! Shocking!
ReplyDeletePepper ose oku!
Stella she has a point. We are all just sensitive towards this matter as mothers or as humans with blood running tru our veins. While her query may seem aloof..at the same time it's pragmatic. The woman just can't make sense of anything anymore...same way most of us are confused and have analysed extensively. However I agree that a detailed identification list should be published. We all saw the list of those who died in the Nyanya bombing, and we say the listed names of those who also passed in the stampede recently. So if they can say matter of factly that 234 students have been abducted, then it shouldn't be difficult to release their names... at least, even if they may not have their photos. I agree with her absolutely on this one. Thought provoking.
DeleteI wish! Oh, how I wish there was no abduction of those young, innocent girls! All we ask for is protection of ordinary folks. Is that asking for too much?
DeleteDr. Chikwe, I suppose the Nyanya bomb blast is to be doubted too abi?
DeleteY'all remember that there were some lucky ones that escaped and they confirmed the story,or are those ones too hired?or they chose to disappear into the bush and appear for no just cause?
DeleteMadam Chikwe,pls be reasonable,and don't start sowing seeds in pple's heart against this cause.the govt should find dose gals:dats all!
Atleast we saw the names of the nyanya bomb blast
DeleteBefore they accuse gej they. Should start with their state gov and school principal who. Wasn't even supposed to start schoolin the first place
The villagers can't saythey do not know anything about it
We see how americans carry out their investigations
Haba
There are missing girls yes
But its not from abuja they would deal with it
Every hand should be on deck, start from the state, ask questions, detain elders yes detain them
I know these hausa ppl very much I have lived among them
Infacet I align my reasonin wit chikwe de shud list d dtutnd,av been tinkin about dis 4 a long tym,in nija notin is imposible,it cud b political,yes it cud,all efforts 2 frustrate his govt.
DeleteI totally support madam Chikwe on this. All of you condemning her. Pls go back and read again. She is asking some serious questions. ,,,and how come up until now, the names of these students and pics have not been released by the school principal. How come I as a journalist wasn't allowed access to talk to any of the other students. There are many unanswered questions here. The so called parents that protested yesterday, did you see any of them with their girls photo? On a protest like this, if it was so true, the protesters or victims would have come out with pictures and when the press talks to any of them, they will each mention how many of their child/children were/was abducted. Until then, Yimu! No be Naija we dey?
DeleteIts not as if I'm totally ruling out girls being abducted, but there's definitely something they( Chibok School, Borno state, so called parents, etc, ) are not telling us.
But that is true oooo, who knows d details of d kidnapping case. We have been hearing bits and pieces not d full story, on how it happened, if na trailer dey use come carry almost 300 girls just like dat!
DeleteI am not understanding dis woman o! SMH ! Some peeps just talk to hear d sound of deir voice! Pls THINK before u speak!
ReplyDeleteI agree, GW. Such a stupid thing for her to say, and publicly too. She has children and grandchildren. I wonder how she will feel if this befell them and someone came out to say it was fake, without any investigation. Think of what the families of those girls are going through! Considering her position in the party it is safe to infer that she speaks for them. She s a public figure for fuck's sake! This govt is just a joke.
DeleteLol I've had my reservations too. I don't believe there was any abduction. The story doesn't add up. Oh by the way this is coming from a very sensitive person.
DeleteThis has been my thought from day 1....let one family come out with pictures and evidence that their daughter or daughters was kidnapped...until then,its a fat lie.....they tried the 20girls story early this year and when it didn'bring back ripples they upped their game to 200....yimu!
DeleteI am not understanding dis woman o! SMH ! Some peeps just talk to hear d sound of deir voice! Pls THINK before u speak!
ReplyDeleteThis my far distance aunt has misyarned this time. Calling her now to retract her statement. I hope she picks my call.
ReplyDeleteCeeCee
Stella abeg bring shameless Angela gist here ,prosper has responded,angela is a shameless whore,meanwhile why can't I comment here since today,what's happening
ReplyDeleteShe is a disgrace to motherhood and should resign her position, she is not fit to be a woman's leader and should resign her position. Am sure her kids will be ashamed with her comment.
ReplyDeleteJAYMOORE MUST U COMMENT.ALWAYS PAUSE BEFORE U MAKE A STATEMENT.THERE IS SENSE IN WHAT SHE SAID.ADULT EDUCATION I'D REALLY AFFECTING YOU.PLS READ WELL.
Deletenot trying to be insensitve but from d pictures of the protest, none of the women is carrying the picture of their kidnapped kids. aren't they supposed to be carrying some of those with them as they are protesting. kema might be right after all but these words aren't supposse to be said @ a function like dis
DeleteSDK,stop commenting with your capital letters
DeleteHonestly it has crossed my mind.
ReplyDeleteBeen wondering why the names and photographs of those girls has not been released to the general public.
By now we should have seen live interviews and even photographs of some of the parents of those girls too.
I'm so confused.
SMH
Anything is possible in this our obodo Naija.
Do you realise that by putting their pics the kids will have to live with the scar and stigma for the rest of their life. It's sad but I think they might have raped some of them if not all. By now there should be an investigative team dealing with the intelligence part of the kidnapping, of cause I doubt that with a woman in govt making this kind of statement. Sad! Sad!! Sad!!!
DeleteJust to add, the number might be exaggerated.
DeleteExactly what I have been thinking. The pictures are to be out and distributed to the entire neighboring countries. It really does not make sense to me. Plus two weeks ago, schools where to be closed isint it..... And how would some escape? Or BH tell them to count themselves and they counted from one lorry to the next.... A big fish is smelling badly
DeleteThank you jarey... how many children go yo school in Borno state? check ministry of education records, borno state has the lowest school attendance rate in the country. If the girls were kidnapped from Maiduguri I'll probably understand and accept the figures. But Chibok? Haba? That number is probably the total number of children in the whole school. We need to keep sentiments aside and ask pertinent questions. In a state with a state of emergency in place, why should children be left in boarding houses during holiday periods for any reason? Why haven't we held the principal and governor responsible? If the girls are up to the advertised number, shey it was WAEC they were supposed to be preparing for? The names and pictures will be with the WAEC board. Let's put human faces to these children. My heart goes out to the mothers who genuinely had their daughters kidnapped. Like someone asked, the parents don't have pictures of their children so they can be identified if they have been smuggled out of the country?
DeleteIs this woman so heartless,
ReplyDeleteWhy should she doubt the abduction when she didn't even make any investigation.
I see these women in power just fold hand and concentrate on gaining more power.
God is watching!
Much as I don't doubt d kids were kidnapped, I feel they shld hv published d names n pictures of d girls. As 4 Kema, no words 4 her @ all.
ReplyDeleteKema Chikwe, did you really say that? I think you should resign for been so insensitive .
ReplyDeleteMaybe if her son puts it in a song she will understand the truth. 10/10, 230/230
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha
DeleteDid Naeto c's mum really say dat?I doubt she did
ReplyDeleteNot surprice woman leader of people deceive people PDP.
ReplyDelete@kiks, tottally agree with u.
ReplyDelete@kiks , i totally agree with u.
ReplyDelete@kiks, tottally agree with u.
ReplyDeleteShe's not heartless. She just asked soome questions. I think she was misquoted.
ReplyDeleteY come out 2 say such 4 d media 2 publish? Y can't she do a proper investigation n demand d names n photograph of d student from d skul principal n their parents. Gud ideal but not all ideals should b voiced some should b silently worked on 2 ensure proper results. Nor go talk wetin go make mothers naked swear 4 u.
ReplyDeleteIf this is actually true, she s an insensitive leader. Anyway right from her time as aviation minister neva tuk her serious.
ReplyDeleteThis woman will soon come out to say she was misquoted. That statement is so insensitive.
ReplyDeleteWe all know Sahara reporters lie a lot.
ReplyDeleteStella u know fully well that this story lacks coherence.
What does this line below mean? An excerpt from the story.
"During her comments at the PDP Secretariat, Mrs. Chikwe to several of Nigeria’s security issues, including Boko Haram, kidnapping, and armed robbery."
And nobody should start condemning her here cos that's ur job. You are as free as she is to air ur views on the matter.
No your government lie alot SR are the best media house u can get authentic message about Nig.
DeleteOmg.. I'm shaking.. I can't believe this.. As a mother, the thought of someone holding your child for over two weeks is frightening; evil men at that; these women are wailing, they can't sleep and Kema Chikwe has d audacity to say that.. I'm really shaking.. Dis woman does not deserve to be called a leader or a mother.. This is what corruption breeds in this country.. I have lost all ounce of respect for her.. Naeto C had better address his mum, cos she's asking for the unthinkable!
ReplyDeleteShut up, shaking from what. In every crime, you look at the evidence first
DeleteUse ur head n stop shaking as if u v convulsion.
DeleteHow can a mother talk like this? If that her mummy's boy son was among those abducted will she come out to open her rotten mouth to say nonsense?
ReplyDeleteCan ou believe I've forgotten someone named Kema Chikwe ever existed. What a way to remind us all of that.
ReplyDeleteCan you believe I couldn't remember someone by the name Kema Chikwe ever walked on this planet. What a funny wa she reminds us all!
ReplyDeleteNo matter how insensitive her statements come across, she does make a lot of sense.. For once, let us use our head to reason rather than our obviously good hearts....
ReplyDeleteThings do not just add up. She would have presented her views in a more subtle way, but she makes a lot of sense
I agree the pictures and names should be released.
ReplyDeleteFor all you know they could have shipped some of the girls to other states or something. So let's see their faces and we can start from there.
I'm wondering too. How come there hasn't been any interview with any of the parents
Mama naeto! No come misyarn o! So people mama go just baff up,march go dey roll for ground for abj? Kema be guided o! Uche gi dikwa ya!
ReplyDeleteTo think she is a grandd mother,she is disgrace to motherhood,so BBC report wasn't true abi mybe you tthink it is ur NTA,there are so many loopholes in her argument,very dumb of a woman any way I don't expect much from a woman who sleeps with people in corridor of power,I think it is the right time to give this demonic admin ultimatum to bring this girls back,people are getting ready to take the street,may this country not divide b4 2015 with all this insensitivity from our govt
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Kema. You will repeat this your statement when your Naeto C gets kidnapped.
ReplyDeletePictures how, from where? Do our schools have good databases of students like that? Even if 2 students were abducted, the truth is We have an issue on our hands. All the little girls that have been abducted can total up to the number she says might be exaggerated. Naija, leaders o, the people all join...no sense of something. We are just in trouble. People came to March at your doorstep and your first instinct is to question validity of an incident that happened weeks ago. All of you echoing her, may we not ever experience what the Chibok community is experiencing. The Southwest, Southeast, South South and Middlebelt are not too far from these mad men. We better stop acting like this issue can't touch us.
ReplyDeleteThank you! "Let's see their faces, let's see their faces" as if their the ones entering the bush to look for them. All these ghouls that just want to satisfy their morbid curiosity. How exactly will their faces help you sitting behind a device in the comfort of your homes somewhere? I'd understand if it were a regular missing persons case, but this is not just that. In this country don't you think their parents would rather they had a fresh start when they re released by God's grace, as opposed to forever being 'the girl that was married to and possibly raped by terrorists with her picture saved on the whole country's hard drives?
DeleteNo dey misyarn for here biko..!! The girls will have their details stored in the waec database. Shey they were having extension classes for the waec exams they registered for? Abi you no take passport photograph and fill form for your own waec exam? If you go to waec board your details are still there till tomorrow. Whether you wrote the exam last year or 15 years ago. If the school doesn't have it, waec will. People just want to talk without reasoning. All the children for the school reach 200 sef? Of all states, Borno! Abegi.
DeleteMadam knw it all ve u been 2 d school b4? Isn't it a federal school? Y is 200 too big a num 2 accept? Whether 200 or 20 let d girls b found. Yes this woman ve a point but it's very insensitive 4 her 2 voice it out loud like that cos it's not a statement of fact. U don't just go public and spit out every rubbish tot in ya head. Some re beta kept until it is proven. Y dem dey wait d principal? Can't dey demand d names of all enrolled students from waec?
DeleteOh no! Kema Chikwe is a big fool.
ReplyDeletequite insensitive but some valid points stated.
ReplyDeleteBy now maybe, just maybe there should have been a release of the names/photos of the abducted girls.
It is well. May the good lord take absolute control of this situation
but she get point o.. they are registered waec candidates abi.. then waec should release their details.. things dont add up
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect from a woman who's hubby exposed her cheating and excesses, with a 2 time president,to the media? And why am I the only one mildly surprised that her kins~ 'women' here,aint playing the tribe card? By God, those girls will return home !
ReplyDeleteShut it lady !!!! You are one of the worst people here, going by all your comments.. You are that kinda person that will betray a friend's confidence.. Spewing out rubbish all the time.
DeleteYou seem to write confidently all the time, but you are not confident to show who you are.
Remove your head from you ass for once, and see that this woman makes a lot of sense, no matter how insensitive and dis-respecting she presented it.
And stella, I have noticed that, there have been no comments bashing the evil of a human before.. It is either people here are also evil, or you just do not approve any comment that is against this fellow.
XYZ, you are piece of minced feaces.
DeleteCompost brained
Ass wipe.
Go and die.
I love wide eyed
Please before judging the woman, compare the Saharareporters quote with the Punch quote. Sahara uses phrases like': seem to suggest'.
ReplyDeleteThis is a common journalistic tactic to avoid libel. This point struck me because I'm working on a libel case.
Having said that four more girls have reportedly escaped.
Boko Haram did not come forward and deny the accusations either.
ReplyDeleteHow will seeing their faces help? How will someone recognize a girl from a photo who is covered in religious dress if you see her on the street?
I wonder she did not say the Nyanya bombimg was false too.
Bia make dis woman go chop banana. She is yanning dust.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. Madam know all, why can't you use that your useless office to demand for the names and pictures of the girls.(empty vessel)
ReplyDeleteNote to Boko haram and any other type of kidnappers out there: pls kidnap naecto C and his pregnant wife join sef. We would now try to look into d matter if it's true or not. Senseless talk from a senseless woman,senseless PDP and senseless Administration. Oloriburuku oloshi. Go back into The hole u crawled out from.
Naeto C, come get your mother!
ReplyDeleteShe is mis firing and trynna throw some spanners in dem chibok wheels.
Grab your mumsy biko oh,
Inatago?
She makes absolute sense and those taking shots at her are definitely very foolish ....what contribution have they made towards this mess than to open blogs and gossip ..shallow minded people. Let the aggrieved mothers bring out they pics of their abducted kids so stella can help post so the whole world can see who these girls really are...atleast heard they have married them away in Cameroon if true it will be easy to locate them via pics.
ReplyDeleteNothing can be done except prayers?? Really? He don be for Naija. Prayer for National Security? So the government doesn't know what to do to tackle the issue? I am not a politician but I can give three solutions that will improve the security of our nation. Even our corrupt, thieving, blood shedding politicians now use the word prayers because they know that's what we love to hear. I saw Alao Akala raising up holy hands the other day, I nearly passed out. God will not come down to save us. #enoughsaid
ReplyDeleteNothing can be done except prayers?? Really? He don be for Naija. Prayer for National Security? So the government doesn't know what to do to tackle the issue? I am not a politician but I can give three solutions that will improve the security of our nation. Even our corrupt, thieving, blood shedding politicians now use the word prayers because they know that's what we love to hear. I saw Alao Akala raising up holy hands the other day, I nearly passed out. God will not come down to save us. #enoughsaid
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ReplyDeleteNotwithstanding, we are still facing the frightening problem of Boko Haram, a monster that has taken the lives of so many innocent Nigerians. We face the unrelenting menace of kidnapping. Armed robbery has become more overwhelming. There is no newspaper that does not carry news of rape, even of babies. There is hypocrisy about corruption among individual Nigerians. The last straw that broke the camel’s back was the kidnap of the Chibok schoolgirls. There are many questions to be asked and more to be answered. How did it happen? Who saw it happen? Who did not see it happen? Who is behind this? Those behind these crimes love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light; lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen, that his deeds have been wrought in God. Let God’s light shine in our great Country Nigeria and reveal the perpetrators of darkness.
Today, we will pray for miraculous revelations and solutions to this issue. We have convened this prayer session to bare our hearts open to God as Muslims and Christians. We shall make a way in our hearts for God to come in and settle, as we are contact points of our party members and all Nigerian Women.
In this programme, we will pray for the truth to be revealed concerning these missing girls. We shall worship and praise God with all our hearts, knowing that God is a spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The truth about these problems must be told so that the truth will set us free. We need a peaceful and united Nigeria. We as women of Nigeria, as mothers will intensify our prayers for the end of Boko Haram, end of kidnapping, release of the Chibok girls, end of terrorism and insurgency in some States in Nigeria. Let the truth be told with God’s intervention. Our hearts are bleeding, not just broken. Please God send the Chibok girls home to their mothers and families. We plead with the school authorities to release their names and their pictures. Let God touch the hearts of those who know and have perpetrated this heinous action.
We pray for the victims of the Nyanya bomb blasts and other victims in other terrorist actions. May kidnapping stop in Nigeria. For the sake of mothers, set the Chibok girls free.
Later today, we shall go to the hospitals to visit the Nyanya bomb blast victims. May the spirit of the Lord come down.
I thank you all.
She has just asked the question I am asking, how big is chibok that 200 girls were abducted from a school? 200 o do you know how many buses that is?? Why has no names being published? Why is nobody begging the state government to bring back the girls, why only Abuja
ReplyDeleteTheir sponsors will be somewhere laughing at all of us because they have successfully recruited sentimental Nigerians to help meet their aims. We need to be less sentimental as a people and ask pertinent questions before jumping on a bandwagon.
ReplyDeleteChibok in my humble opinion does not have up to 200 SS3 students registered for waec that's why no pictures have been published and the numbers keep changing. And i also believe that the silence of the military on this matter means that there is more to this saga than we may know.
All of you cursing the woman are all very stupid. You can't read well. I wonder why you all can read with comprehension. Did she say she is ruling out girls being abducted? NO! She is just saying there are so many things they (Chibok school principal, so called parents of victims, Borno state govt. Etc) are not telling us.
ReplyDeleteOur government can lie for Africa!
Anti-government can lie for the world!
And you Stella, shebi you did not see any other picture of madam Chikwe to use other than this one so it will really show she is laughing at the missing girls. You are a clown.
I weep for this country! why not start interrogating the principal and the state governor already? A ll fingers are bn pointed to Boko Haram, while evil leaders perpetrate their evil atrocities. Just one or two questions I will throw at the principal, he will start singing.
ReplyDeleteThat was how Goldie died and was buried, without proper investigation starting from his so called close friend, Denrele. I wonder if we don't learn one or two from all the CSIs we all claim to watch. Your enemy might be your closest pal you trust with all your life...Forget the public outburst of condolences and tribute.....I'm a forensic scientist and a CSI in pipeline, so I work with evidence.
Nigerian govt should go back to drawing board, starting with thorough cleaning of police force. Thank you!
As much as some people may not agree Kema's questions remain a food for thought. Why were no journalist allowed to interview any of the escapees? Why haven't the school principal release the names of the abducted or the escaped girls? Who were the villagers who advised the parents that embarked on a search mission to retreat.The whole drama gives room for doubts.
ReplyDeleteOne question just came up in my mind now. Last week there was a report that the girls were being married away for 2 thousand naira.
ReplyDeleteMy question is this: how does the reporter know that these girls being married off are the ones from Chibok?how were they identified? Why hasn't the principal come out to state categorically how it happened? Were the girls abducted by aliens? They surely didn't disappear. Where are the girls that reportedly escaped? Don't they have faces? At least they can be interviewed by the press to give their own side of the story.
Something is definitely fishy with this story.
And i bet you, when the time is right the truth will be exposed. I wonder what sentiments will be raised then.
God save us all.
Please read this article from October last year and let's start asking the right questions.
ReplyDeletehttp://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/146560-northern-states-nigerias-worst-girl-child-education-report.html
"The 10 states with the highest number of girls NOT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS are found in the North West, North East and North Central Geo-political zones of Nigeria, the report states. The five states from the North West are Kebbi, Sokoto, Jigawa, Zamfara, and Katsina while those from the North East are BAUCHI, YOBE, BORNO, and GOMBE. Niger state is the only north central state in the category.
ReplyDeleteThe same 10 states, along with Kano state, have the highest percentage of females aged between 15 and 24 years who cannot read or write."
# time for questions. #chibok
Those castigating Mrs Chikwe should read her speech @ Anon 10.05
ReplyDelete#politicalsuicide
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