“When will we
stop? Until our girls are back and alive!...” Those were the words of The
#BringBackOurGirls group as they march out today in protest as part of its one
Week Global Action events aimed at commemorating the one year the Chibok girls
were abducted from their school in Borno State, reports ITRealms.
ITRealms
learnt that the march took off at the Unity Fountain, as the group walked
through the Federal Secretariat to the Police Headquarters and back to the
Fountain while distributing its pamphlets, including its Citizens’ Solution to
Terrorism, to the public.
According to
one its members, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, who led the group, the protest was to
remind the government and Nigerians that 219 Chibok girls were still in the
hands of their captors even as the days are rounding up to a year when the
incident occurred.
In a recent
development, ITRealms gathered that a Nigerian woman have confirmed to BBC that
more than fifty of the girls abducted by Boko Haram last year were seen alive
three weeks ago. According to the woman, who lived under the terrorist groups
rule in Gwoza, the girls were seen in Islamic attire, being escorted by the
militants.
“They said
they were Chibok girls kept in a big house,” said the woman. “We just happened
to be on the same road with them,” she added.
Meanwhile
ITRealms learnt that the president-elect,
General Mohammadu Buhari, has stated that he does not know the whereabouts of
the Chibok girls and cannot guarantee that his government when sworn-in will be
able to rescue them.
Speaking in commemoration of BBOG, he pledged that
with absolute certainty, starting on the first day of his administration Boko
Haram will know the strength of the collective will and commitment to rid this
nation of terror, and bring back peace and normalcy to all the affected areas.
“This new
approach,” Buhari said, “must also begin with honesty. We do not know if the
Chibok girls can be rescued. Their whereabouts remain unknown. As much as I
wish to, I cannot promise that we can find them.But I say to every parent,
family member and friend of the children that my Government will do everything
in its power to bring them home.”
ITRealms
recalled that today, April 14 marked the first year since the 276 girls were
kidnapped by the members of Boko Haram from their school in Chibok, Borno
state, whereas some of them have reportedly returned.
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