Residents of the Chibok community, under the aegis of Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), have urged the Federal Government to rescue them from total annihilation.
Their cry is coming after the January 20th 2022 attack that led to the abduction of 20 persons, including 19 girls and a beheaded vigilante leader.
KADA National President, Dauda Iliya who appealed said from late 2012, Chibok community has survived over 72 attacks.
They have recorded over 407 deaths, 332 kidnapped persons, over 20 churches burnt, unquantifiable houses/businesses burnt, vehicles destroyed with unquantifiable grain barns destroyed.
Iliya said this at a press conference yesterday in Abuja where he said Chibok had been abandoned to its own devices by all layers of government.
His words, ” We, the Kibaku (Chibok) Area Development Association (KADA), on behalf of the entire Chibok Community, are using this medium to once again call on President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue Chibok Community, an ethnic nationality, from total annihilation by the Boko Haram terrorists.
“This is because since the mass abduction of our 276 daughters in April 2014, wherein 57 escaped (on their own) we still have 110 of them unaccounted for. The parents and the community have 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 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: Number of attacks: over 72 persons killed; over 407, persons abducted; over 332, Houses/businesses burnt; unquantifiable, churches burnt; over 20, vehicles stolen; many, grains barns burnt or destroyed unquantifiable.
“From late 2018 to date, the frequency of attacks and level of destruction have escalated and are simply alarming. Just this year (2022) alone, Kautikari (the second largest town in the Chibok area) was attacked on January 14 with 5 (five) girls abducted, 3 (three) persons killed, many houses and churches burnt, etc. In sustaining their carnage, Piyemi, another big town in the Chibok area, was attacked on January 20 with 19 persons (mostly girls) abducted and one person, the Vigilante leader, beheaded.
“The town was practically razed down and virtually all the recently harvested agricultural produce completely burnt down and/or looted. Chibok is predominantly an agrarian community and the whole year’s harvests have been lost to these sustained and targeted attacks posing serious food security concerns in the community.
“Our Prayers to government: Government should seek for support to synergize with our security forces in confronting this menace to end the sustained carnage on our people. By doing so, we expect our remaining 110 daughters abducted in 2014 and numerous others subsequently abducted at different times to be brought back to us.
“We appeal to the Federal Government to immediately set up IDP Camps in Chibok town and provide Chibok with a skills acquisition centre to avoid imminent hunger/starvation in Chibok.”
