activity, Bringbackourgirls campaigner, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili has said.Speaking ahead of the 200th day today, of the abduction of the school girls, Mrs. Ezekwesili expressed sorrow over the continued abduction of the girls who she said, should not be allowed to abide a day longer in the captivity of the insurgents.
She rebuffed
a direct response to the spate of political activities connected to the
forthcoming elections saying tersely that every other thing was insignificant
to the efforts to liberate the girls. As far as we are concerned, we are not
looking at any other thing, we are just interested in the Federal Government
living up to its responsibility, the need to rescue the Chibok girls,” Mrs.
Ezekwesili a former minister of education and vice-president in World Bank
said.
Every other
thing pales into insignificance to the lives of 219 citizens of Nigeria who
should not be in the enemy’s den for 200 days now,” she reiterated 276 girls of
the Government Secondary School, Chibok were abducted by the insurgents on the
night of April 14, 2014 in an operation that initially raised doubts among some
sections of the government and the polity.
Fifty Seven
of the girls reportedly escaped from the captivity of the insurgents the
abduction has drawn worldwide condemnation from all sections of the world. Efforts
by the government to rescue the girls have so far been unsuccessful despite the
alleged deployment of international assistance from some western nations.
The Nigerian
Chief of Defence Staff, AVM Alex Badeh had on October 17, 2014 announced a
ceasefire with the insurgents in a move that was believed to be a step towards
the release of the school girls, but the ceasefire has so far failed to lead to
a truce with continued reports of attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents.
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