The rescue of the 219 girls abducted from
Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno
State by insurgents of the Islamist Boko Haram
group must take priority over every other 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. 57 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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