Bakare spoke on Sunday, April 10, 2016, during a special sit-out of the Bring Back Our Girls group in Abuja.
he Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Gospel Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has lamented the continuous captivity of the over 200 Chibok Girls who were abducted on April 14, 2014.
Bakare spoke on Sunday, April 10, 2016, during a special sit-out of the Bring Back Our Girls group in Abuja, Vanguard reports.
“The
whole nation has failed these children. Parents, families and friends
of our dear daughters, I am here today not just to speak to you, but to
speak to the nation and to the world as one of you," he said.
“I'm
here as a father burdened by the captivity of our daughters, and I am
here as a friend. I am here to express our frustrations and to speak of
our undying hope as we wait expectantly for the return of our dear
Chibok girls.
“We are not unmindful that
the Nigerian state failed to provide security for our daughters as they
gathered to write final examinations despite prior intelligence reports
that suggested they were in danger.
“It
is most severely injurious to see that the fate of our daughters has
been frequently politicized. Rather than rise to the occasion as
stakeholders and custodians of the security and welfare of the citizens
of this nation, political parties and politicians have paid lip service,
using our pain and plight of our daughters to score cheap political
points.
“We are not convinced that the
matter of our daughters has been given the needed thoughtfulness. We do
not believe that those who are in a position to act have taken
sufficient actions towards addressing the issue or even towards claiming
our anxiety as waiting parents.
“We do
not believe those concerned have taken sufficient actions concerning the
rescue of these girls", he said, expressing optimism that the girls
would be rescued even as he prayed God to see to that.
“We
believe that they are still alive, at least no evidence, satellite
evidence that they are in a mass grave. We believe they are alive. It
remains a scar on the soul of this nation until these girls are brought
back,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has denied reports that Boko Haram recently demanded a ransom of $50 million in exchange for the girls.
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