Women all
over the country will on Wednesday staged a one million women march in Abuja to
press for the release of secondary school girls kidnapped in Chibok town, Borno State by
suspected insurgents two weeks ago.
Prof. Hauwa
Abdu Biu disclosed this yesterday during an emergency meeting convened by the
first lady of Borno, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima on the way forward for the
release of the school girls.
SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt that she had last
week spoke on behalf of coalitions of Borno women in which they called for the
release of the school girls and offer to go to the Sambisa Forest in search of
the school girls.
Prof Biu
informed the meeting that the one million march which was tagged “Free our
girls” will involve women all over the country and called for the mobilization
of Borno women to Abuja 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.
Early the
first lady, Hajia Nana while addressing the meeting called on the wives of the
service chiefs both in the state and at the federal 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
“Let us all
put our differences aside irrespective of our faith, ethnic, let us all join
hand together to rescue these girls, I know that we can do it, Almighty Allah
is with us, he knows our intention” Hajia Nana said amidst sob”
“I am sure
for now we are not on our own, I am happy to informed you that the wife of the
president call me two days ago, I believe that she is also with us, let us all
join hand together irrespective of political affiliations” she also said.
Most of the
women who spoke at the meeting call on the Federal Government and the Security
agencies to intensify efforts towards rescuing the kidnapped school girls.
They also
called for prayers and fasting in Mosques and Churches so that God can torch
the heart of the insurgents to release the girls and they agreed to mobilized
themselves to Abuja for the rally.
Barrister
Aisha Wakil who has been in the forefront of calling on the insurgents to lay
down their arms and embrace dialogue cautioned against the use of force in
rescuing the girls.
The meeting
had in attendance wives of service chiefs in the state, nongovernmental
organizations, women professional bodies, representatives of Federation of
Muslims Women Associations (FOMWAN), Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
among others
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7 comments:
so much injustice in this nation
SOS
SMH
This is failed nation
we live in fear in this nation
Haba
Re this boko haram bigger than this nation
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