First Lady breaks down in tears as mothers of missing Chibok girls visit her

dimeji akinloye

June 12, 2015 11:30 PM

The women reportedly wept uncontrollably after the meeting as they posed for photographs.

The Vice President’s wife, Dolapo Osunbajo, on Friday, June 12, recounted how two mothers of abducted Chibok girls caused the First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari to weep.

Osinbajo, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, led the two women to meet with the First Lady, and consequently with President Muhammadu Buhari.

The women reportedly wept uncontrollably after the meeting as they posed for photographs.

The Vice President's wife said, “Hajia Aisha Buhari had, for many months, wanted to visit Chibok. She also wanted to meet with the mothers.

“Today, we had an opportunity for them to meet face-to-face. We had two of the mothers who still have their daughters missing after a year.

“Hajia, being a mother, met with them, held them and they cried, everybody cried. What only a mother will do is to say ‘wait, I want you to see your father and see what your father will do.’

“We were all extremely overwhelmed that at this time when the President is so busy, he had time to meet with the women from Chibok.

“He spoke to them in English and Hausa. He explained to them how he keeps telling everybody to put themselves in their place.

“So, today, we have had the opportunity for the President and Hajia to show that they are our father and mother, for that we are glad.”

However, the weeping mothers were ushered out by security operatives after the photo session.

More than 200 Chibok secondary school students were kidnapped in April 2014 by dangerous sect Boko Haram, with no knowledge of their whereabouts and condition till date.

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