President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari and wife of the Vice-President, Dolapo Osinbajo, met with two women whose daughters are among the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted last year by Boko Haram.
According to Punch, the emotion-ridden meeting took place at the “Defence House”, Abuja. The women were said to have broken down weeping after they concluded discussion with President Buhari upon initial meeting with Aisha. Mrs. Osinbajo also joined in the weeping according to the report.
The Vice-President’s wife, with teary eyes, later told journalists what transpired during the two separate meetings, saying she had wanted to visit Chibok for many months and 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 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 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.”
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