Parents of the abducted students of
Government Secondary School (GSS) Chibok,
Borno, on Sunday alerted the public on the
activities of some fraudsters using their names
to defraud Nigerians and corporate bodies.
More than 200 students of the school were
abducted by suspected insurgents on April 14,
2014, while writing their final examination.
Mr Yakubu Maina, the Chairman of the
association of parents of the abducted girls,
raised the alert at a news conference in
Maiduguri.
“We wish to alert Nigerians and corporate
organisations on the existence of some
individuals and organisations masquerading as
parents of Chibok girls to defraud them of
their money.
“The call became necessary because this group
have turned the agitation for the release of
our daughters into a scam,” he said.
Maina, suppported by the Secretary of the
association, Mr Lawan Zanna, lamented that
the group had often deceived some parents of
the girls into attending their functions only to
be duped.
“We have realised that the whole thing have
been turned into business by individuals who
pretend to be fighting our cause.
“Some real parents had been lured to attending
meetings with highly placed individuals in
Abuja and beyond only to discover that they
have been short changed by these individuals,”
Maina said.
He said that 14 parents of the abducted girls
have died due to heart related diseases.
“Fourteen parents have so far died since the
abduction of our girls in 2014.
“Most of them died due mainly to heart related
diseases and trauma,” said the chairman.