BringBackOurGirls! – Protesters Tell Government As They March Towards Presidential Villa In Abuja
Category: Boko Haram News
A group of protesters seeking to pressure the Federal
Government to find the abducted Chibok girls has started a march in the
direction of Aso Rock, Nigeria’s presidential villa, Premium Times
reports.
No protest group have aver marched on Aso
Rock. According to Premium Times, President Goodluck Jonathan had
granted a permission for the demonstration. The policemen work in full
cooperation with the protesters.
About one thousand people has gathered at the Unity Fountain, the starting point of the protest, at 15.20. The protesters, under the leadership of Oby Ezekwesili, wear red t-shirts.
Ezekwesili has asked the participants to follow the rules of the protest. "Please do not come here and chant your war song, we will only use our solidarity chant; #BringBackOurGirls 'Now and Alive'," she said. "Anybody who does not respect rules belong to the old Nigeria; please respect all the rules," Ezekwesili insisted.
Oby Ezekwesili announced at 15.40 that the president is ready to "listen" to the protesters.
"We are going to be a model of a discipline, nobody will talk to the president rudely. Our questions are simple and straight. If anyone wearing the reflectors say to you, you are out of line, please get back to the line," she tells the crowd.
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