The video of the Chibok girls which was released on Sunday featured a girl who communicated the demands of the terrorist group to the Nigerian Government.
The girl was identified as Maida Dorcas Yakubu, daughter of Esther Yakubu and Yakubu Kabu.
The parents were happy that their daughter was alive despite the circumstances. The mother said, “Seeing my baby standing with a terrorist with ammunition around his neck is not easy for a mother. But I also give thanks to God Almighty. They say most of the girls are dead but mine is alive.”
Esther and Yakubu Kabu haven’t laid their eyes on their daughter in 2 years. Dorcas is one of five children.
“When I saw that video, I am very sad because this is my baby standing there with someone holding a gun,” Yakubu said.
“All of us we start crying. I give God the glory that she’s alive. This video gives us hope that our daughter can be rescued,” he added.
Esther lamented her daughter’s inability to graduate secondary school after the abduction.
“I promised her that I will try my utmost best to say that she makes first and second degree. Unfortunately, she has not graduated from secondary school. Not only that she’s nowhere to be found,” she said.
The family also slammed the government’s inability to secure the release of the girls. “The government has not done anything. When they attacked Chibok, the girls that escaped managed to escape themselves, by dropping down from the truck – some girls even broke their legs.
“They got no aid from the government, no counseling. Nothing at all.Amina Ali that escaped (in May 2016), she managed to escape herself. It’s unfair,” Esther lamented.
