As
protests against the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls continue to spread
all over the country, Nigerian women, under the aegis of Women Arise
Against Terror Group, have threatened to march to Chibok half-naked, if
the Federal Government fails to secure the release of the abducted
girls, within the next 14 days.
Making
the threat on Monday, in Lagos, during a protest march to the Lagos
State governor’s office in Alausa, Ikeja, the president of the group, Dr
Joe Okei-Odumakin, stated that it had become imperative for them to
join other concerned people all over the globe, to ask for the release
of the abducted girls.
She
explained that besides going to the governor’s office to present a
letter of protest addressed to President Goodluck Jonathan, through the
governor, the group had lined up several activities meant to put
pressure on the Federal Government to expedite action concerning the
release of the girls.
According
to her, the protest, which would go on for the next 14 days in other
parts of the country, would be rounded off in Chibok, with the women
marching half-naked, if the girls were not released before then.
“We
came here first to deliver this letter to the governor, to help us pass
it to Mr President, because we believe the governor shares some of
those ideals. Today, we will be going to Enugu, while we intend to visit
other states too. This will go on for the next 14 days and if the girls
are not released by then, God forbid, we would be ready to march to
Chibok half-naked,” she stated.
Group lauds international community
By Suzy Oruya -Onitsha
The National Coalition for Justice and Equity, on Monday, lauded the international community for its concern over issues in Nigeria, especially on the need to release the abducted schoolgirls, unconditionally.
Speaking
through its chairman, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, the group said, looking at
the situation from the positive light; it showed how important and
esteemed the country was to the international community and other
influential countries.
He urged Nigerians to rise above political and religious sentiments to fight terrorism.
Ezekwueme
appealed to the Boko Haram sect to lay down its arms and respect the
sanctity of the human life for God and humanity sake, even as it
regarded tender schoolgirls, who had not committed any crime by going to
school.
Group joins calls for release of girls
By Bola Badmus -Lagos
A
non-political group, Jewel of Nigeria (JON), on Monday, joined calls
for the Boko Haram insurgents to immediately release the over 200 girls
abducted from a school in Chibok, Borno State, about three weeks ago.
Director-General of the group, Mr Wale Oso, made the call in a statement made available to the Nigerian Tribune.
According
to the group, the Boko Haram sect should immediately release the
kidnapped schoolgirls to their parents and comfort of their homes, just
as it urged the sect “to put themselves in the shoes of the parents of
these girls and imagine how it would feel if their children or sisters
were cruelly snatched from school and made to endure in horror and
terrifying environment they are currently being held.”
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