Some Nigerian children who paid a courtesy visit to First Lady
Patience Jonathan today in Abuja to mark the Children's Day
celebration seized the opportunity to hand her letters they
wrote to Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau protesting the
abduction of the Chibok girls and asked the First Lady to pass
the letter to him.
Mama Peace received the letter but immediately told the
children that she doesn't know who Shekau is but would give
their letters to the Chief of Defence Staff who would help
deliver it accordingly..
"Let me thank the children that gave me letter to give Boko
Haram. Well, I have received your letter, but I’m not the
one to give it to Boko Haram because I don’t know Boko
Haram and I have never seen Boko Haram. But I will give it
to NSA or Chief of Defence Staff who will submit your
letter accordingly. To my children parliament, thank you for
your letter. Thank you for your deliberation. I have received
what you gave to me. I will make sure I pass it to the
president because it is addressed to him and the other one
is addressed to Boko Haram. That is why the two are
different.” she said
Mama Peace advised the children and Nigerians in general to
desist from speaking evil or reigning abuses on the President,
saying he is the head of the country as God has made him so.
She drew her advice from the bible
"It is bad to abuse our country and the president because
God has made him the head. The almighty God commands us
to pray for our leaders. We therefore need to pray for the
development of our country and the president.
Remember that a child that abuses his father and mother is
disobeying God’s commandment because the bible says in
Exodus 20:12 that you should honour your father and
mother so that you may live long in the land that the Lord
your God has given you. The holy Bible is not referring to
only biological parents. Any one that is older than you even
for a day must be respected. Let us therefore join hands
and rebuild our country Nigeria” she advised
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