Abducted girls: One million women march in Abuja

From Mustapha Isah Kwaru, Maiduguri

At least, one million women from across various parts of the country are expected to throng the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (FCT),this for a one million march, requesting for an immediate release of abducted Students of Government Girls Secondary School Chibok.

The one million-woman-march, which was tagged: “Free Our Girls”, is expected to hold on Wednesday and is being organised by coalition of various women’s’ right and pressure groups across the country.

Spokesperson for the coalition, Prof. Hauwa Abdu Biu, disclosed this yesterday when representatives of various womens’ right groups held a meeting with wife of Borno state governor, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima on the way forward for the release of the girls, held at the Government House in Maiduguri.

Speaking at the meeting, Prof. Biu said the one-million-march will involve women all over the country and called for the active participation of Borno women for the rally.

“The last time, we were in black but this time around the colour for the Abuja rally is red, so we should all be prepared and mobilized ourselves for the rally” she added.

According to her, the measure was imperative as there was nothing to write home about in the efforts of security forces to rescue the innocent girls.

“We resolved to conduct the march because since the abduction of the girls for the past two weeks, no reasonable success was recorded in the rescue missions embarked by both the security agents and parents of the missing girls”, she declared.

In her remarks, the Borno first lady, Mrs. Shettima called on the wives of the service chiefs, both in the state and at the federal level, to assist in mounting pressures on their husbands to intensify efforts towards rescuing the abducted school girls.

“I want to seek this opportunity to appeal to women of security chiefs at the national and state level to run and mount pressures on your spouse’s to intensify effort to rescue our dear children however I feel it is necessary to call on all women in Borno to come up with their resolutions and harmonize them” she said.