Chibok: Parents threaten to transfer children to schools in the South

BAUCHI — FOLLOWING the recent abduction of
over 200 girls from Chibok, parents and
guardians in Bauchi State have expressed fears
over the safety of their female children in
boarding schools across the state and
threatened to transfer their children to schools in
the Eastern or Southern part of the country.
They said the abduction of the girls in Borno
State had created fears in their minds, noting
that girls were now targets of insurgents.
Some of the parents, who spoke decried growing
spate of abduction and killing of students in the
North-Eastern part of the country.
The parents, however, called on the Federal
Government to beef up security in the respective
boarding schools in the North to avert any form
of attack.
A civil servant, Mrs. Regina Obed, expressed fear
over her two teenage daughters schooling in
Federal Government Girls College in Bauchi State,
saying she was contemplating transferring them
to the southern part of the country to complete
their secondary education.
Mrs Obed said: “Ever since I heard of the
abduction of the school girls at Chibok in Borno
State, I have been worried over my two
daughters who are in the boarding school here in
Bauchi. One of them is in JSS 3 while the elder
is in SSS 2.”
Alhaji Sanusi Ahmed, a businessman based in
Bauchi, said he had a 16-year-old daughter who
is in SSS1, stressing he had not had rest of mind
since the Chibok incident in Borno State.
He said: “I have not had rest of mind because of
my daughter who is in the boarding school. You
cannot predict the movements of these
insurgents because they can turn their
searchlights on any of the states in the north and
abduct more girls,”
Reacting to the apprehension of parents over the
safety of their female children, the Principal of
Government Girls Arabic College, Alkaleri, Bauchi
State, Hajiya Safiya Ahmed Shall, said the
authorities of the school had put in place
security measures to forestall any attack in the
female hostels.

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