As BringBackOurGirls protests hold Oct 1: South South govs, Reps to join

As BringBackOurGirls protests hold Oct 1: South South govs, Reps to join

As BringBackOurGirls protests hold Oct 1: South South govs, Reps to join AN International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has stated a... 02:19

As BringBackOurGirls protests hold Oct 1: South South govs, Reps to join
AN International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has stated arrangement to recruit a South South governor, a prominent politician from Adamawa state, some South West members of the House of Representatives as well as others from the North West and North East to stage a protest on Wednesday, October 1.
The BringBackOurGirls group revealed that it has concluded arrangements to float a massive protest on October 1.
Sources confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that the group, at a meeting on September 24, in Abuja, which was attended by officials of the NGO, as well as some opposition Senators and two members of the House of Representatives resolved to stage a protest on October 1 to mark Day 170 of the Bring Back our Girls campaign.
It was also gathered that the group equally planned some legal steps to ensure its plot to stop the President from contesting. “President Goodluck Jonathan would, few months ahead of his nomination for re-election be bombarded with legal and socio-political hurdles by opposition, in a bid to stop him from contesting the 2015 election.
“Latest in the build-up is the decision of the group to float a massive anti-Jonathan protest on October 1,” the source revealed.
The report also indicated that the group had recently visited the camp of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Borno State in Inkuma and Kabaru in Nassarawa State, where they donated some materials.

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The group was said to have concluded that it would approach some of the displaced persons to speak at the protest rally in Abuja.
The source also revealed further that, “During the planned protest to mark day 170 of the Chibok girls in captivity, which falls on October 1, 2014, we should include some Internally Displaced Persons, who are camped in Nassarawa State. They are to challenge the government on the development so far.
“We will also issue a press statement with regard to the seizure of $9.3 million in South Africa, which has been linked to the Federal Government.”
The group was also said to have established contacts with the Borno State government with intent to compel the Federal Government to stop the plan to enroll some of the rescued girls in schools within Kaduna State, rather than Abuja or abroad.