Parents protest as Borno children spend 130 days in captivity
Parents and community members of Mussa and Lassa in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State on Monday threatened to storm the Presidential Villa in Abuja within six days if their abducted children are not rescued from Boko Haram captivity. The distressed families, whose children have now spent over 130 days in the hands of […]
Parents and community members in Borno State's Askira/Uba Local Government Area have threatened to march on the Presidential Villa in Abuja if their abducted children are not rescued from Boko Haram captivity within six days. Over 130 days have passed since the children, totaling 80 in total, were kidnapped on May 15, 2026. Parents of the affected children gathered to protest the government's slow response, comparing it to the swift rescue of children abducted in Oyo State.
The chairman of the Borno pupils' parents, Ishaku Suya, demanded that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu take immediate action to secure the release of the children.
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