Metro

PhotoView: Again, police block #BBOG from marching to Aso Rock

Published

8 years ago

August 30, 2016

Yet again, the Nigerian Police stopped the Bring Back Our Girls (#BBOG) campaigners, from accessing Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The group had embarked on silent march to the Presidential Vila to press for the release of the abducted Chibok school girls, who have been in the captivity of Boko Haram insurgence over two years now.

A similar march by the group on August 22, received similar treatment as security operatives drawn from the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) barred the group from accessing the Presidential Villa.

Read also: Avengers allege impending genocide against Niger Delta

During their March on Tuesday (today), a detachment of the Nigerian Police blocked the about 50 BBOG campaigners who were led by one of their leaders, Oby Ezekwesili, from accessing the Supreme Court end of the Three Arms Zone.

There has been intensified pressure on the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to secure the release of the Chibok school girls after the girls, were seen in a recent video released by the insurgents, pleading with the government to release members of Boko Haram fighters in its custody so that the group will in turn release them.

RipplesNigeria …without borders, without fears

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now