The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Northern Region and the FCT, Rev. John Hayab, has revealed that one of the parents of the abducted schoolchildren in Niger State, identified as Mr Anthony, has died of heart attack.
Rev Hayab revealed this on Tuesday when he featured in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Arise Television.
Recall that over 200 schoolchildren in a Catholic private school were abducted by bandits out of which 50 reportedly escaped and were reunited with their families.
“One of the parents of the abducted children from the school died yesterday. Mr Anthony died of a heart-attack following the abduction of his 3 children.
“People don’t understand that when you tell it as it is, you’re not speaking against anybody, you are only trying to state the problem.
“The pains, the trauma, are still very fresh. We tried speaking to the parents today, and they were scared of speaking to us. When I was speaking to the leadership of the church this, it’s really a sad thing.
“You can imagine, the man was in shock because three children he would not even explain what’s happening to them.
“These are children who are used to possibly wake up in the morning to brush their teeth, have breakfast and later tea break or lunch depending on the school system and then dinner. These children have not seen sleep in the past few days. They have not done some of those things and have not even taken their bath. You can imagine what they are going through.
“Now the parents themselves cannot tell exactly where they are and what happens to them. I think there’s a mix-up of information even in some of these conversations,” he said.
