Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education, and her Bring Back our Girls (BBOG) group were prevented from marching to the Aso Rock presidential villa on Tuesday.
The BBOG group had said it would resume its protest for the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls who are still being held by Boko Haram terrorists, as well as the lecturers of the University of Maiduguri who were part of the NNPC oil exploration team in the Lake Chad Basin.
But armed policemen were deployed to prevent the protesters from having access to the Villa.
Watch the video below courtesy of Sahara Reporters:
VIDEO: A tense encounter between @BBOG_Nigeria leader @obyezeks and @PoliceNG officers at the gate of @AsoRock Villa today as group march to bring awareness to the plight of UNIMAID lecturers and Policewomen abducteed vy Boko Haram pic.twitter.com/S3Q4i9MpHC
— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) November 14, 2017
It is TOTALLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE that a Govt which lambasted the previous FG for SHODDY HANDLING of the #ChibokGirlsParents in 2014-2015 is REPEATING THE SAME TREATMENT to the families of #LassaPoliceWomen #UniMaidLecturers & our remaining #113ChibokGirls. IT IS SHOCKING.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 14, 2017
Today, WE .@BBOG_Nigeria march!
Today, WE MARCH for:
1. Our remaining 113 #ChibokGirls .
2. Our Lassa Women and Police colleagues.
3. Our UniMaid Lecturers.WE MARCH because .@AsoRock the Federal Government owes THEM a Constitutional DUTY of RESCUING THEM ALL NOW!
WE MARCH!!
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 14, 2017
President .@MBuhari VP @ProfOsinbajo WE @BBOG_Nigeria MARCHED TODAY to the Villa Gate.
The families of abducted #LassaPoliceWomen & #UniMaidLecturers MARCHED TOO.
We felt SHAME for our FG @AsoRock when the families of ABDUCTED VICTIMS spoke just like #ChibokGirlsParents in 2014.— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 14, 2017
Reports say families of the kidnapped UNIMAID lecturers were part of Tuesday’s protest.
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