#BringBackOurGirls Campaigners Hold Rallies, Today

The #BringBackOurGirls protesters yesterday said they would hold conferences today in various countries across the globe to mark the 100th day of the abduction of the over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno State.
According to a statement released by the group, the conferences aim to show that Nigerians would not be silenced in their efforts to ensure that the Federal Government lived up to its responsibility to the citizens.
“The continued pattern of intolerance to the activities of the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign is at variance with our effort to promote healthy civic engagement by citizens to strengthen the resolve of government to rescue the girls. As we denounce the wave of terror and insecurity across the country, we continue to demand that the Federal Government deploy its resources to ensure that the missing girls are brought home, and the errors leading from three-weeks of delayed action are remedied,” the statement said.
The sessions will hold today in Ibadan with a press conference at the BRECAN Centre at 10 am; Abuja, with a special sit-out ceremony at the Unity Fountain at 3 pm; Lagos with a remembrance service at the Wall of Missing Girls at Falomo Roundabout at 4pm; and New York with candlelight vigil at the Nigerian Consulate at 5.30pm.
The statement further indicated that there will also be events in India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and most world capitals where there are teachers’ organisations in partnership with the United Nations Special Envoy’s Office of Gordon Brown.
Other organisations participating are: World at School, Girls not Brides, Global March Against Child Labour, Walk Free, and Education International.
It would be recalled that the Chibok school girls were abducted on April 14 from their hostels in Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State by the Boko Haram terrorists.
However, 57 of the school girls have been able to escape from their abductors while 219 of them remain in captivity.
The girls’ abduction gained international attention through the help of the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners convened by a former minister of education, Obiageli Ezekwesili and other activists in Nigeria.