Since the incident, the CPA has lost over 20 of its members, most of who died of illnesses related to depression. They died without seeing their missing daughters. Some of the parents who are still alive recently expressed optimism that their daughters were alive; calling on the federal government to rescue them.
In May 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated the escape of Amina Ali, the first Chibok girl to flee from the custody of her abductors deep inside Sambisa forest. Amina and the baby she bore in captivity were the proof of life and source of hope to families in Chibok, Nigerians and millions of sympathisers across the world. She came with first-hand information about the Chibok girls in captivity who were thought by many to have died or sold across the Sahara. In November 2016, the second girl, Maryam Ali Mayanga, escaped with her Boko Haram husband and their baby boy, Ali, from the heart of Sambisa Forest to a military base in Fulka, on the fringes of the forest.
Those still alive said they were optimistic their daughters were alive and called on the federal government to rescue them.
It is exactly seven years today (Wednesday) when Boko Haram terrorists stormed GGSS Chibok on April 14, 2014, forced 276 girls into a truck and moved towards the Sambisa Forest.
While some of the girls hung unto tree branches on the way to the forest and thereafter found their ways back home, others were not that lucky.
However, after the escape of a few and the release of over 100 through negotiations over time, most of the over 107 of the Chibok girls that have been reunited with their families are still struggling to be on their feet.