Agitators for the return of over 200 students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, abducted by members of Boko Haram, have scheduled a peaceful protest to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on January 14.
According to the convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Aisha Yesufu at daily sit-out session to mark ‘Day 627’ since the girls were taken from their school’s dormitory in Chibok, January 14 would be exactly 21 months since the incidence took place.
She said that the group would stage peaceful march to the Presidential Villa to engage President Muhammadu Buhari on the way forward.
This was even as the group asked the government to set up a special search and rescue team to find the missing schoolgirls.
The group expressed disappointmentd that President Buhari did not say anything about the missing girls in his New Year message to Nigerians.
The group would not accept the President’s statement during the media chat on Wednesday that the government has no credible intelligent report on the whereabouts of the girls, adding that government needs to consider acquiring credible intelligence.
The group said that there was a credible report on the whereabouts of the Chibok girls from the testimonies of the former Chief of Defence Staff, retired Air Marhall Alex Badeh and Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State.
In the heat of demands from the BBOG and global outcry for the rescue of the girls, Air Marshall had told reporters that the military had a tip off about where the girls where, but that the military was being cautious to avoid civilian casualties.
The girls were abducted by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group on April 14, 2014.
Meanwhile, another leader of the group, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili had recently asked the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to cause the reinstatement of the soldiers that were jailed for cowardice against the Boko Haram insurgency and mutiny. [myad]
