As the year gradually comes to an end, the #BringBackOurGirls(BBOG) group has lamented over the fact that the Chibok School girls who were abducted by the Boko Haram sect for over eight months will not be around to celebrate the New Year with their families.
The group which had started an advocacy for the safe return of the abducted girls expressed sadness that even after 259 days of the girls being in the hands of their abductors and 244 days of the group’s advocacy, there was nothing tangible from the government to show that there is a rescue mission going on.
Speaking during its sit-out yesterday, one of the leaders of the group, Dr Oby Ezekwesili stated that the group will continue in its advocacy for the rescue of the abducted girls adding that as the New Year arrives, it will mark a completely new chapter for the group and its advocacy.
She added that the group will as part of its efforts to keep the rescue of the missing 219 Chibok girls on the front burner of national agenda, will organise a special session to herald the New Year.
Recall that the group on Christmas Day, organised a protest march to the Villa Entrance, close to the Federal Secretariat.
Speaking during the march, Ezekwesili had stated that the march was organised in order to remind the leaders of the country that the 219 abducted girls were still in captivity even as the world celebrated Christmas.
Ezekwesili had also reminded Nigerians even as they celebrated, to remember that the abducted girls were still in the hands of the Boko Haram sects adding that the group will continue to stand until the abducted girls have been rescued and returned back to their families.
“We come here so that the girls will not be forgotten. Our Chibok girls demand to be remembered. We will continue until the girls are back. We want the president to know that our daughters are still missing. We cannot celebrate Christmas without them.
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