#BringBackOurGirls: We’ll Keep Demanding Until 195 Girls are Rescued

Even after its 1000 days of advocating for the Chibok schoolgirls, the #BringBackOurGirls group has stated that it won’t stop demanding until the remaining 195 girls are rescued.

In a press release signed by the leaders of the group, Dr Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu, the group therefore called on the federal government to accelerate the effort of the rescue operation of the girls.

“Today as we ponder the colossal tragedy of the non-return of 195 of our girls on day 1000 of daily #BringBackOurGirls advocacy, we renew our commitment to never stop demanding until all the remaining 195 of our missing girls are rescued.

“It is why we today ask the federal government to accelerate the effort it assures is being made to successfully negotiate the release of another set of 83 of our ChibokGirls,” it said.

The group also added that it will not wish to see Day 1100 without all our ChibokGirls back.

Speaking about the groups advocacy, the statement revealed that 1000 days ago April 30, 2014, themovement started with a march by over 2000 citizens from all walks of life in the city of Abuja demanding rescue of hundreds of girls alleged to have been abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from their dormitory at the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

“The world was later to learn from the findings of the Presidential Task Force set up by the preceding federal government that 276 schoolgirls writing their final certificate examination had been forcefully taken on the night of April 14, 2014. The findings stated that 57 of the girls had escaped variously as their captors hauled them on the long journey into the Sambisa forest leaving 219 missing by the time the news of the abduction reached the public.”