Fraudsters Are Defrauding Nigerians With Our Name – Chibok Girls Parents

Parents of the abducted students of
Government Secondary School (GSS)
Chibok, Borno, on Sunday alerted
the public on the activities of some
fraudsters using their names to
defraud Nigerians and corporate
bodies.
More than 200 students of the school
were abducted by suspected
insurgents on April 14, 2014, while
writing their final examination.
Mr Yakubu Maina, the Chairman of
the association of parents of the
abducted girls, raised the alert at a
news conference in Maiduguri.
“We wish to alert Nigerians and
corporate organisations on the
existence of some individuals and
organisations masquerading as
parents of Chibok girls to defraud
them of their money.
“The call became necessary because
this group have turned the agitation
for the release of our daughters into
a scam,” he said.
Maina, suppported by the Secretary
of the association, Mr Lawan Zanna,
lamented that the group had often
deceived some parents of the girls
into attending their functions only to
be duped.
“We have realised that the whole
thing have been turned into
business by individuals who pretend
to be fighting our cause.
“Some real parents had been lured
to attending meetings with highly
placed individuals in Abuja and
beyond only to discover that they
have been short changed by these
individuals,” Maina said.
He said that 14 parents of the
abducted girls have died due to
heart related diseases.
“Fourteen parents have so far died
since the abduction of our girls in
2014.
“Most of them died due mainly to
heart related diseases and trauma,”
said the chairman.