– Parents of the missing Chibok girls have dropped support for the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group and did not take part in the protest of Monday, August 22
– The parents are afraid that continuing with the group’s activities could annoy President Buhari and affect their chances of getting back their abducted daughters
– The parents say they are not pleased with way former education minister, Oby Ezekwesili’s group is handling the matter with the presidency
The parents of the missing Chibok girls have revealed their reason for not taking part in the match to Aso Rock by the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group on Monday, August 22. According to the leader of the missing girls’ parents, Yakubu Nkeki who lives in Chibok, the parents of the abducted girls held a meeting in Chibok last week and there they decided that they would not attend.
“All we want is our missing daughters and we are willing to work with anybody who will help us find our daughters,” The Nation quoted Nkeki as saying to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a phone interview on Tuesday. Nkeki explained that the parents came to the decision because they did not want to provoke the government which is in the best position to help them find their missing daughters.
The parents are concerned that the unpleasant experience they had during their last protest march in Abuja, when angry comments made by some of the activists who accompanied them to see the president irritated President Muhammadu Buhari to the point where he spoke sharply and dropped his microphone could occur again if they joined the match.
“We do not want to do anything that the government will not be happy about,” The Nation quoted women leader of the group, Yana Galang as also saying. “We are not after any organisation that is against any party or religion, and we are supporting the federal government to help us release our girls,” she added. “Our own is that we want our daughters,” said Zannah Lawan, the secretary of the parents’ association. “Anyone who has the ability to help us to find our daughters is the person we will work with,” he said.
recalls that the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement on Monday, August 22 were blocked from gaining access to the presidential villa, as part of their advocacy for the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls, The Cable reports. Leadership reports that both Oby Ezekwesili, leader of the group and CSP Chuks Obasi were involved in a shouting match as the officer insisted that the protesters would not cross the human barricade put together by the security operatives.
– The parents are afraid that continuing with the group’s activities could annoy President Buhari and affect their chances of getting back their abducted daughters
– The parents say they are not pleased with way former education minister, Oby Ezekwesili’s group is handling the matter with the presidency
The parents of the missing Chibok girls have revealed their reason for not taking part in the match to Aso Rock by the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group on Monday, August 22. According to the leader of the missing girls’ parents, Yakubu Nkeki who lives in Chibok, the parents of the abducted girls held a meeting in Chibok last week and there they decided that they would not attend.
“All we want is our missing daughters and we are willing to work with anybody who will help us find our daughters,” The Nation quoted Nkeki as saying to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a phone interview on Tuesday. Nkeki explained that the parents came to the decision because they did not want to provoke the government which is in the best position to help them find their missing daughters.
The parents are concerned that the unpleasant experience they had during their last protest march in Abuja, when angry comments made by some of the activists who accompanied them to see the president irritated President Muhammadu Buhari to the point where he spoke sharply and dropped his microphone could occur again if they joined the match.
“We do not want to do anything that the government will not be happy about,” The Nation quoted women leader of the group, Yana Galang as also saying. “We are not after any organisation that is against any party or religion, and we are supporting the federal government to help us release our girls,” she added. “Our own is that we want our daughters,” said Zannah Lawan, the secretary of the parents’ association. “Anyone who has the ability to help us to find our daughters is the person we will work with,” he said.
recalls that the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement on Monday, August 22 were blocked from gaining access to the presidential villa, as part of their advocacy for the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls, The Cable reports. Leadership reports that both Oby Ezekwesili, leader of the group and CSP Chuks Obasi were involved in a shouting match as the officer insisted that the protesters would not cross the human barricade put together by the security operatives.
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