Roman
Catholic Pope, Francis 1 has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to
immediately swing into action concerning the 21 released Chibok Girls.
Leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis 1
Pope Francis 1, leader of the Catholic Church has urged the
government to take the released 21 girls of the Government Secondary
School, Chibok, Borno State, to experts to help rehabilitate them.
The 21 girls were among the over 200 pupils of the GSS, who were
abducted on April 14, 2014, by terrorists from their school in Chibok
while preparing for the West African Senior School Certificate
Examinations.
The Pope made the call during this year’s World Mission Sunday at
Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Area 3, Abuja where he was
represented by the President of Pontifical Mission Societies (Nigeria),
Rev. Fr. George Ajana.
He said the experts would “stabilise and give the girls psychological rehabilitation.”
The Pope stated, “The release of the 21 Chibok girls is
victory, it is a very good sign and we are thanking God for it that some
of the Chibok girls were released. Nigerians have been celebrating all
this while, the church joins them in the celebration and we are one with
them. So, we first of all thank God that a few of them, just 21 were
released.
“The Chibok girls need medical assistance; the government is
doing that already. They have been taken to hospital. I think they will
need psychological rehabilitation. The government need to bring in
experts to stabilise them because they must have gone through a lot of
trauma.
“Now, coming back, I don’t think they will be their normal
selves any longer. So, the Chibok girls need to be psychologically
brought back to their real life. And we need to pray for them; the
church will be very happy to do that.
“We keep praying for the release of the rest because they are
human beings to be respected. The life of one person is as important as
the lives of the whole nation, which must be respected.”
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