18 Chibok Girls Mother Have Died - Parents

        

The parents of the abducted Chibok girls say they still have hope that their daughters are still alive and  will reunite with them one day.

Ladi Lawan Zannah, mother of one of the abducted girls, Aishatu Lawan Zannah, said 18 of the over 200 mothers of the abducted girls had died of high blood pressure.
She also Punch that she had lost four pregnancies after her daughter’s abduction due to high blood pressure occasioned by emotional trauma.
Zannah said when news filtered into the town that one of the abducted girls named Aishatu had been rescued, she believed that the girl was her daughter.This, she said, was because only her daughter and one other abducted Chibok girl shared the same first names.

She however said she had not remained the same after finding out that the rescued girl was not her daughter.

Zannah said, “So, when the news broke in the town that one of the missing girls had been found by vigilantes who also brought her to Chibok to verify her claim, I was so happy.

“At the time, the name on the lips of many people was that of Aishatu and I know that there were only two Aishatus among the abducted girls. So, I rushed out in the hope of meeting my own Aishatu. But it turned out that she was not the one. I have not been myself again since that encounter.

“I still have hope that my daughter is still alive and I will definitely meet with her one day.”

The mother said she had had four miscarriages as a result of high blood pressure, which she linked to the emotional trauma she suffered as a result of her daughter’s abduction.
She however said she counted herself lucky to still be alive because, according to her, 18 of the mothers whose daughters were abducted had died of high blood pressure.

“In my own case, I have never given up hope of reuniting with my daughter because every time in my prayers the Lord still tells me she is alive. I have hope that I will see her alive even though I don’t know what condition she may be in,” she added.

Ayama Pogu, a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, whose wife had died as a result of the emotional trauma she suffered following the abduction of their daughter, Magreth, said though he was optimistic about reuniting with his daughter, some of the abducted girls might never be rescued.

He said, “Even if the children were to return, I am of the view that not all of them will come back in one piece.”