Chibok, 100 Days: FG Issues Warning To Parents

Ahead of July 23, when Nigeria marks 100 days of the national tragedy of Chibok girls abduction, Federal Government instructed d parents not to allow their children to participate in the today’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign rally. 

Photo: Goodluck Jonathan meets with Chibok parents in Abuja July 22
According to the Paradigm, the Coordinator of the Information Centre Mike Omeri said:
"Information available to us is that some groups are planning to mobilize children across the country to hold rally to mark 100 days since the Chibok schoolgirls were abducted from their school. It will be wise for parents not to allow their children to participate and if they want to, they should be conscious of whom they are releasing their children to for the rally."

While the official claimed that the government doesn’t prevent country citizens from exercising their constitutional rights, he however stated that such measure would be proper in the existing security situation.
It would be recalled that last month Abuja police allegedly banned all the protests in the country capital in relation to the issue of the missing Chibok girls. The move, which followed a wave of demonstrations, caused public outrage, as activists characterized the action as illegal. However in a statement released on the next day the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar insisted they had never imposed such a ban but only issued and advisory notice for security reasons. Days before the alleged restricting order the police stopped the protesters following the clashes between the two groups, which resulted in property destruction.

The majority of female student kidnapped on April 14 in Chibok town located in the troubled Borno State are still held in Boko Haram captivity.

Yesterday President Goodluck Jonathan for the first time met with the aggrieved parents and some of the girls who managed to escape from terrorists. The country leader assured them the government was doing everything possible to let the girls reunite with their families.