The BringBackOurGirls coalition, said it would march to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, to engage with President Goodluck Jonathan over the 219 Chibok school girls who have been in Boko Haram captivity for over 180 days.
The movement said the purpose of the engagement was to convey the urgency for the immediate rescue of the girls and to hear directly from the President the status of the rescue efforts of the security agencies.
The group in a statement by its media coordinator, Rotimi Olawale, on Monday in Abuja, stated that the last 180 days of the girls abduction had been “one of dashed hopes, intense pain, and confusion for the families due to the lack of accurate information from the government on the current status of the rescue operation.”
The BBOG said some parents of the abducted girls would be part of the march to the villa and it called on concerned members of the public to join the engagement with the President.
It said that its members would also engage in what it called, a ‘walkathon’ on Wednesday, which involves walking with red ribbons around the embassies of Chad, Cameroon, and Niger Republic, as well as the embassies of selected key nations supporting the operation to rescue the girls.
The statement reads,” In continuation of our Global Week of Action to commemorate the unfortunate six months mark since the abduction of our 219 Chibok girls, We, the #BringBackOurGirls Abuja family, wish to notify the members of the public that we have requested for an appointment, and will be marching to meet with our President on October 14, 2014.
“The objective of our March to the Villa is to convey the urgency for the immediate rescue of our girls and to hear directly from our President and the Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces the accurate status of the rescue effort for our Chibok girls, whose six months period in captivity remains a source of deep anguish to their parents, Nigerians and people all of the world who believe in our shared humanity.”
The coalition challenged all political leaders, the United Nations, civil society groups, religious leaders, development partners, celebrities and all well-meaning individuals to come out en-masse during the Global Week of Action and raise their voices to demand renewed actions for the immediate rescue of the school girls.
It called for use of various on-the-ground activities and the social media to show support and solidarity for the Chibok girls, and further called on the Federal Government and other countries lending support to the rescue operation to intensify actions for the rescue of the girls.
The movement said the purpose of the engagement was to convey the urgency for the immediate rescue of the girls and to hear directly from the President the status of the rescue efforts of the security agencies.
The group in a statement by its media coordinator, Rotimi Olawale, on Monday in Abuja, stated that the last 180 days of the girls abduction had been “one of dashed hopes, intense pain, and confusion for the families due to the lack of accurate information from the government on the current status of the rescue operation.”
The BBOG said some parents of the abducted girls would be part of the march to the villa and it called on concerned members of the public to join the engagement with the President.
It said that its members would also engage in what it called, a ‘walkathon’ on Wednesday, which involves walking with red ribbons around the embassies of Chad, Cameroon, and Niger Republic, as well as the embassies of selected key nations supporting the operation to rescue the girls.
The statement reads,” In continuation of our Global Week of Action to commemorate the unfortunate six months mark since the abduction of our 219 Chibok girls, We, the #BringBackOurGirls Abuja family, wish to notify the members of the public that we have requested for an appointment, and will be marching to meet with our President on October 14, 2014.
“The objective of our March to the Villa is to convey the urgency for the immediate rescue of our girls and to hear directly from our President and the Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces the accurate status of the rescue effort for our Chibok girls, whose six months period in captivity remains a source of deep anguish to their parents, Nigerians and people all of the world who believe in our shared humanity.”
The coalition challenged all political leaders, the United Nations, civil society groups, religious leaders, development partners, celebrities and all well-meaning individuals to come out en-masse during the Global Week of Action and raise their voices to demand renewed actions for the immediate rescue of the school girls.
It called for use of various on-the-ground activities and the social media to show support and solidarity for the Chibok girls, and further called on the Federal Government and other countries lending support to the rescue operation to intensify actions for the rescue of the girls.
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