Abducted Chibok girls’ father dies

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#BringBackOurGirls protesters at Unity Fountain in Abuja yesterday.

. Protesters march to Aso Rock Villa today

A man who has two daughters among the abducted Chibok students has died, days after finding out that his girls were not in the Boko Haram video released last week.
Mr. Mutai Hona fell ill when he could not see his two daughters in the video, according to his family.
He never recovered since then, and died on Sunday in Chibok, Borno State, family member James Yama said in Maiduguri yesterday.
About 270 schoolgirls were taken on April 14 from the Government Secondary School Chibok by Boko Haram gunmen.
Some 53 of them escaped and returned home in the days after their abduction, but more than 200 others are still in captivity.Last week, Boko Haram released a video showing about 130 of the girls in an unidentified location.
The video was reviewed by parents and other students.....

of the school.
Mr Hona’s relations said he was struck by hypertension when he could not see his two daughters in the clip.
“Since he could not identify any of his two daughters in the video released by Boko Haram, he developed hypertension which eventually killed him on Sunday,” James Yama told journalists in Maiduguri yesterday.
The late Hona was buried on Monday, and is survived by two wives and eight children.
Our correspondent reports that soon after the release of the video of the abducted schoolgirls, the footage was shown to the parents by the Borno State government.
Those who identified their daughters said they were happy that they were still alive.
But some of the parents were disappointed because they could not see their daughters.
This was the first time a parent of the missing Chibok girls was reported dead following the seizure of the schoolgirls.
But in the wake of the abduction, one other male parent was said to have taken to heavy drinking. His relations tried in vain to comfort him.
One woman, whose daughter was among the abducted girls, also reportedly developed some mental condition, Chibok residents told Daily Trust.
March to Villa
Abduction of the schoolgirls elicited global outrage, and a group of protesters has been holding a daily sit-in at a park in Abuja for three weeks now.
The #BringBackOurGirls campaigners said they plan to hold a procession to the Presidential Villa in Abuja today, to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan and find out what was being done to free the girls.
“It is the wish of this movement that this engagement will catalyse positive action towards quick rescue of our abducted girls,” coordinator of the group, Hadiza Bala Usman, said in a statement.
She added that today’s “peaceful demonstration is sequel to similar such engagements such as those we’ve had with the National Assembly, the National Security Adviser, the Defence Headquarters, and the Borno State Governor.”
During the sit-in yesterday at the Unity Fountain in Maitama, Ms Usman said they had informed the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar and FCT Commissioner of Police Joseph Mbu of the planned procession.
She said Mbu did not acknowledge receipt of the notice but the IGP’s office had done that.
It was not clear last night if the protesters would be allowed into the Villa to see the president.