120 Days After Abduction: BBOG Group Plans Strategic Protest As the captivity of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State by the Boko Haram sect clocks 120 days, the #BringBackOurGirls Group (BBOG) has said it would take its campaign to strategic places. The group said it would do this to ensure that the Nigerian people were reminded of the fact that the girls were still in the hands of the insurgents. The group, which revealed this at its daily sit-out session yesterday, stated that the reason for the strategic protest today was to appeal to the conscience of the people, in the hope that they would better connect with the plight of the girls. The group however refused to reveal the venues for the protest due to possible security interference, but stated that the protest would take the group to different places, where their demands would be properly made. “We have to engage the Nigerian people. We have to appeal to them to show empathy to the abducted girls and understand why we have decided to stand with them and be their voices. We have to engage them and explain to them the reason for our campaign and why we are asking the president to bring the girls back,”it said. The group explained that it would move to strategic places with placards and banners bearing its demands and distribute pamphlets containing its frequently asked questions for people to understand its singular purpose, which is the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls. The group also disclosed that apart from the protest and its normal daily sit-outs, it had devised other strategies for channelling its demands to the relevant offices.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:52:41 +0000
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