Parents of the abducted Chibok school girls
have marched to the Presidential Villa in
Abuja to protest the whereabouts of the
missing school girls, Naij.com can
authoritatively reports.
This comes 640 days after Boko Haram
terrorists abducted over 200 Nigerian
schoolgirls from the apparent safety of their
dormitory in Chibok, Borno state of Nigeria.
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Speaking at the protest, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili
stated the need for the government to find
quick solution to the missing girls. She said
the group had earlier met with the president
on July 8, and that they are at the Villa to
discuss the promises he made to them.
However, in a swift reaction, Garba Shehu,
the SSA on media to the president said that
the members will see the president to explain
their motive adding that all efforts will be
made to see the school girls.
Premium Times reports that members of the
Bring Back Our Girls group, alongside some
parents of the missing school girls from
Chibok, Borno state, thronged the entrance to
the villa early Thursday, January 14.
But the group were instead met by a
government team comprising the Minister of
Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan, as well as
the Minister of Defense, Monsur Dan-Ali, the
National Security Adviser, Mohammed
Monguno, and the Chief of Defense Staff,
Abayomi Olonishakin.
However, Women Affairs minister, Alhassan,
told the group that because of the short
notice given by the group, it was not possible
to squeeze in the meeting with BBOG on
Thursday.
She said the president was currently meeting
with a visiting president of Benin Republic.
But in a swift response, Oby Ezekwesili,
former minister of education and leader of
the BBOG, accused the minister of not being
fair. “You have been very unfair to us,” she
said. “I don’t understand why you can be
chiding the parents and the movement. These
parents were triggered by the words of the
president who promised to rescue their
daughters,” TheCable reports.
While she was still speaking, Shehu
interrupted her to announce that the
president would now meet the protesters.
However, when President Buhari eventually
arrived, he ordered journalists out of the
meeting. Shehu, who voiced the order, said
the reason was because some “sensitive
issues” were to be discussed.
Newsmen who had turned up for the meeting
thronged out of the banquet hall, venue of
the meeting, in quick steps.
According to Enough is Enough (@EiEnigeria),
the Presidency was ‘cold’ during the visit by
the Chibok parents and the
#BringBackOurGirls campaign.
The advocacy group claims that Nigeria’s
Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan
(Mama Taraba), National Security Adviser,
Babagana Monguno and Chief of Defence
staff, Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin bluntly
told the protesters that the Chibok girls were
not kidnapped during President Muhammadu
Buhari’s administration.
It was gathered that President Muhammadu
Buhari also stormed out of a meeting with
BBOG campaigners and parents of the
missing Chibok school girls.
The press is asked to exit the hall. All
recording gadgets to be switched off…
hard to control. #BBOGReengagesPMB
— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) January 14,
2016
#BBOGReengagesPMB : The mood & tone
of the July 8th meeting was much warmer
than today’s meeting. @MBuhari was
cold. #BringBackOurGirls
— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) January 14,
2016
#BBOGReengagesPMB : @MBuhari was
visibly angry. He spoke in English &
Hausa. Stormed out of the hall. No
pictures or time spent with parents.
— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) January 14,
2016
Mr @mbuhari flanked by Minister of
Defense & NSA. #BBOGEngagesPMB
pic.twitter.com/1eZ5SnFaK8
— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) January 14,
2016
Esther, a parent, said “no matter what
conditions our daughters are in; we want
them like that!” #BBOGReengagesPMB
pic.twitter.com/dHxrwRHqyB
— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) January 14,
2016
Mr @MBuhari missed a golden opportunity
to connect ’emotionally’ with the
#ChibokParents . #BBOGReengagesPMB
The demand continues…
— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) January 14,
2016
See pictures below:
BBOG protesters in meeting with President
Buhari over missing Chibok girls
Parents of missing Chibok Girls march to
Presidential Villa to protest missing school
girls
Parents of missing Chibok Girls in tears as
they seat in front of the Presidential Villa to
protest missing school girls
Parents of missing Chibok Girls protest
missing school girls at Presidential Villa
Parents of missing Chibok Girls march to
Presidential Villa to protest missing school
girls
One of the Parent of Abducted Chibok Girls
slumps during a protest to President
Muhammadu Buhari on the whereabouts of
the missing school girls in Abuja
Parents of Abducted Chibok Girls during a
protest to President Muhammadu Buhari on
the whereabouts of the missing school girls
in Abuja
Parents of Abducted Chibok Girls during a
protest to President Muhammadu Buhari on
the whereabouts of the missing school girls
in Abuja
An emotional parent of Abducted Chibok Girls
during a protest to President Muhammadu
Buhari on the whereabouts of the missing
school girls in Abuja
Parents of Abducted Chibok Girls led by Dr
Oby Ezekwesili during a protest to President
Muhammadu Buhari on the whereabouts of
the missing school girls in Abuja
