By Giwa Alex,Jos
Plateau state women under the aegis of ” Christian Women on the Plateau for Peace and Security” have on Wednesday protest and called for the release of Liya Sharibu a 14years old Dapchi government girls science and Technical college Dapchi inYobe state kidnapped recently including the chibok girls that where kidnapped about 3 years ago .
General Secretary ,CWEEN Joy Machunga ,and Senior Pastor ,JCMI (Mrs) Esther Ibanga said we are expressed our very deep concern over the fate of liya Sharibu as Christian women on the Plateau we all gathered here today in unity and solidarity with Liya Shuiabu.
The women group raised alarm that over 50 communities in Barkin Ladi ,Bassa ,Bokkos ,Riyom ,Jos south Wase and Kanam Local Government Areas have been viciously attack ,sacked and dispossessed from their ancestral lands ,farms, properties by heavily armed gunmen where women and children have been rendered destitute windows , orphan, traumatized and internally displaced by violence .
“Our heartfelt anguish ,sorrow and concern over the continued captivity and the current plight of our daughter and sister a 14 years old Liya Sharibu one of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents on the 19th February, 2018 from Government Girls Science and Technical College ,Dapchi in Yobe state.
They condemn that she remains in the clutches of the ruthless terrorist group till date for the single reason that she is a Christian and she refused to denounce her faith ,we share in her identity and her calamity for it has become crystals clear that Christian in Nigeria especially the Northern parts are increasingly becoming endangered species.
According to the statement ,as women and as Nigerians we are crying out today that the county is under siege which section 14 (2)b of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria is only for a few group .
They women lend their voice to support the Liya Sharibu who refused to denounce her faith ,we the Christian women on the Plateau wish to remind the president and commander in chief of the Nigeria armed forces of his promise to Nigeria during his 2015 inauguration speech in which he belong to nobody and for everybody .
They appealed to government to set up a taskforce comprising of credible government and civil society officials including women groups charge with the responsibility of resettling and rehabilitating IDP in the state.
Rt Hon Speaker Plateau State House of Assembly Peter Azi,says the 8 assembly share in their moment of grieve especially in a time our own daughter needed us most .
He said Plateau state joined the family ,women ,state and federal government to condemned the kidnapping of females by the Boko Haram sects in the north east Nigeria .
Azi disclosed that the case of Liya Sharibu is a clear testimony that many women are treated as endangered species by calling federal government to use any available means to release Liya in the hand of her captive .
Meanwhile ,Member representing Mikang constituency ,Hon Naanlong Daniel condemned the unwarranted killings and kidnapping of girls child by supporting the action of women who protest today to state House of Assembly.
He called on federal government to wake up to their responsible of protecting the lives and property of the citizens that is unfortunate that three years down the line chibok girls are still missing .
Daniel applauded the security for their dedication to duty by ensuring safety of lives ,it is pertinent to acknowledge the irrefutable fact that Liya is not home with her parents today like the other Dapchi girls simply because of her faith not only that most of the victims of community land grabbing and other forms of violent attack are Christian.
