Do everything possible to rescue Chibok girls before the end of your tenure – Group appeals to Jonathan

A Civil Society Coalition in Lagos on Friday said it would be historical if the President Goodluck Jonathan administration was able to get the Chibok girls back before the end of its tenure.Addressing a rally organised by the “Bring Back Our Chibok Girls Lagos,” convener of the Group, Mr Wale Ogunade urged the President to do everything possible to ensure that the abducted girls are returned before he leaves office.Over 200 schoolgirls were on April 14, 2014, abducted from the Chibok Government Secondary School in Borno State and have since remained missing.Ogunade said it would be sad if the
Jonathan administration wound down without bringing back the girls.“Whatever it is, those girls are still on this earth.“We want to lend our voice to the call for the rescue of the girls,” Ogunade, a legal practitioner said.According to him, Nigeria needs concerted efforts to put an end to terrorism.“We will not give up until the girls are found,” he said.

The lawyer also urged Nigerians to be part of the project on the rescue of the girls by helping with any information that may be useful to security operatives.“An attack on one they say is an attack on all. All hands must be on deck to end insurgency.Another activist and member of the group, Mr Awoyinfa Amoro, said that for the outgoing government to leave a lasting legacy, it should get the girls back.“The Jonathan administration should seal their legacies with the returning of the abducted girls so that when they go, they will forever be remembered.“Freedom is never given but fought for. If those girls are not with us, we are all in bondage.“Anyone who is anxious about being happy must realise that it is only when you fight for your right that you can be happy,” he said.NAN reports that the rally, which held at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park Ojota, also had various representatives of other civil society groups in attendance.