Release Chibok Girls Needs Psychological Rehabilitation – Pope Francis

Pope Francis says that the 21 Chibok girls released
from Sambisa forest need psychological evaluation
conducted by experts.
Pope Francis who made this statement through his
representative, President of Pontifical Mission
Societies (Nigeria), Rev. Fr. George Ajana, during
this year’s World Mission Sunday, at Our Lady
Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Area 3, Abuja,
said;
“The release of the 21 Chibok girls is victory, it is
a very good sign and we are thanking God for it
that some of the Chibok girls were released.
Nigerians have been celebrating all this while, the
church joins them in the celebration and we are
one with them.
So, we first of all thank God that a few of them,
just 21 were released. The Chibok girls need
medical assistance; the government is doing that
already. They have been taken to hospital. I think
they will need psychological rehabilitation. The
government need to bring in experts to stabilise
them because they must have gone through a lot
of trauma.
“I don’t think they will be their normal selves any
longer. So, the Chibok girls need to be
psychologically brought back to their real life. And
we need to pray for them; the church will be very
happy to do that. We keep praying for the release
of the rest because they are human beings to be
respected. The life of one person is as important
as the lives of the whole nation, which must be
respected.”