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Protesters’ Clash: ‘Bash Bring Back Our Girls’ Vs. ‘Release Our Girls’

One month since campaigners of Bring Back Our Girls group started it’s sit out sessions to call for the rescue of the abducted girls, the … Continue reading Protesters’ Clash: ‘Bash Bring Back Our Girls’ Vs. ‘Release Our Girls’


Bring Back Our Girls

Chibok-girls-#BringBackOurGirlsOne month since campaigners of Bring Back Our Girls group started it’s sit out sessions to call for the rescue of the abducted girls, the campaigners have promised not to be deterred or intimidated by any group with ulterior motive.

The campaigners have changed the venue of their meeting to the Maitama Amusement Park in Maitama area of Abuja but they did not have an immediate access to the park. They had to wait outside the park for about fifteen minutes before they were finally allowed into the premises.

When the meeting finally started, former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, admonished the group not to relent in their campaign for the release of the girls and ignore intimidation from other groups.

There had been an incident at the Unity Fountain, where a new group allegedly came to harass campaigners seeking the rescue of the girls.

The new group, whose campaign is tagged “Release Our Girls”, said that they were not calling on the Government for the rescue of the girls but directing their grievances to Boko Haram members, as they cried and called on the sect to “release our girls”.

One of the protesters said, amidst tears: “They should release our children, let them release our children, this is what we are saying. How can they say they paid us? How can they say that?”

There had indeed been allegations that their group was sponsored to counter the protests by the other group and Channels Television sought to know the rationale behind their new campaign.

The leader of the “Release Our Girls” campaigners, Meg Abbagu said, “This is not true, I will tell you that before coming out here we had 7 days prayers – all of us day and night – and we fasted that this (abduction) is what we don’t want.

“Doing that in a square is not getting the message to the people, the Boko Haram and their sponsors. We want to send them this message and that’s why we have come to the open field.

“I don’t know about being paid. I am not being paid to do this.”

With many attacks still going on in the North East, especially in villages, many Nigerians hope that the girls would be rescued or released soon and reunite with their families.