‘A very sad day’: Parents of Nigeria’s missing Chibok girls demand action eight years after kidnapping

Easter in Nigeria is a time when many people get together with their relatives to celebrate weddings and other festivities, but for Yana Galang, the holiday serves as an agonising reminder of her family’s suffering. “We want the government to do something before they put off the garment in the remaining days.” open image in gallery Names of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls are displayed with their desks at their school in Nigeria, 14 April, 2019 Yakubu Nkeki is one of the parents whose daughter is studying at the AUN. “They are no longer communicating with us.” open image in gallery File photo: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari poses with 21 Chibok girls who were released by Boko Haram in October 2016 Previously, top government officials had met regularly with the parents or association’s leadership in Abuja or in Chibok. open image in gallery File photo: The remaining shoes of students of Bethel Baptist High School are seen inside the school premises as parents of abducted students wait for the return of their children whom were abducted by gunmen in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, 14 July 2021 Most of these recent incidents have seen little government involvement, with parents left to pay the ransom for their children’s release. open image in gallery Parents and relatives attend a commemoration five years after their girls were abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria, 14 April 2019 In January, she received the news that Rifkatu is alive and well, although married to a Boko Haram militant and with two children.