schoolgirls in the area, Borno State Governor, Alhaji
Kashim Shettima, described the period as the worst
in his life.
The governor, in his Easter message released by his
spokesman Alhaji Isa Umar Gusau, said he had hardly slept since the suspected Boko Haram
members abducted the children at a government
school.
"I have seen very serious moments since I became
the Governor of Borno State in 2011 at a period of
insurgent crisis.
I have seen many innocent lives lost for no reason and I mourn every life lost with
empathy and high sense of responsibility.
"But the last one week have been my worst days as
a Governor and even the worst in my life. I am
troubled as a father, as a leader and as a politician,"
a statement quoted him as saying.
"I am deeply pained and I very much share the
agonies of the parents. More than everyone, as the
leader, on whose area of governance, this
unfortunate incident took place, I am very anxious
to have our daughters freed because I know very
well that the most important obligation of any Government be it at the Federal, State or Local
Government level is to ensure the safety and
welfare of its good citizens."
The governor said he was more pained by his
inability to visit Chibok and give moral support to
the parents of the missing children.
"As a leader and politician, I am also troubled that I
have not had the important opportunity to meet the
anguished parents of these girls in Chibok because
I have, on a number of instances, been advised to
hold back the trip in order not to interrupt security
operations as well as search and rescue efforts which are our topmost priority, especially now."
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