Members of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group are
marking the 5th anniversary of the abduction of over 100 girls by the Boko
Haram terrorist group in the Chibok community, Borno State.
The
group is demanding the release of the remaining girls still held in the
captivity of the terrorist group and also asking the Federal Government to make
schools in the northeast safe.
In
a sit-out in Lagos to honour the Chibok schoolgirls, the faces and names have
been posted at the Falomo roundabout in the Ikoyi area of the state as well as
other parts of Nigeria.
President
Muhammadu Buhari in a statement on Saturday renewed his vow to ensure the
release of the remaining Chibok girls and Leah Sharibu in Boko Haram’s
enclave.
He
disclosed this in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the abduction of
the Chibok girls.
He
said he is aware that the promise to rescue the girls is the main reason the
people of Chibok voted overwhelmingly for him in the February election.
The
President had promised the parents
of the kidnapped girls when he met them at the beginning of his
first term as President, that he would ensure their daughters returned home.
He
said his government had so far succeeded in securing the release of 107 of the
girls, he will not rest until the remaining girls are reunited with their
families.
However,
112 girls are still in captivity.
On
April 14, 2014, over 200 students were abducted from the Government Girls
Secondary School.
The
abduction of the schoolgirls triggered global condemnation including former
President of the United State, Barrack Obama and his wife Michelle.
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