A street protest by members of the #BringBackOurGirls movement was cut shot on Thursday by the police during their protest walk along the Shehu Shagari Way,Abuja, distributing fliers to motorists and passers-by, bringing to the fore the plight of the over 200 Chibok girls abducted 256 days ago by Boko Haram insurgents.
Report says about 20 policemen took over the road when the protesters tried to match towards the presidential villa.
The members had earlier walked to the National Assembly gate, castigating the lawmakers for going on Christmas holidays while the abducted girls are dying in the hands of the captors.
According to one of the Co-founders of the group, Oby Ezekwesili, “The lawmakers should be ashamed of themselves for going on break while the Chibok girls are with wicked men in the bush.”
After they made a u-turn towards the Presidential Villa junction, some policemen in four vehicles quickly drove to the junction and blocked it, to prevent the protesters from heading that way.
The action of the police infuriated the #BBOG members, as they shouted in protest, distributing fliers to motorists.
A member, Bukky Shonibare, noted that even 98 per cent of the IDPs are not living in government reserved areas but with private families.
She explained that the displaced persons were suffering, adding that most of them lacked food, shelter and clothing.
“Only 6,500 IDPs are living in government camps, the rest, about 500,000 people are staying with private families in Yola and they are really suffering. We took relief materials to them and they were just crying, they have no clothes, no blankets, some of them sleep on bare ground. “What happened to the billions raised for the Victim Support Fund? What happened to the Victim Support Fun.
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