Members of the #BringBackOurGirls group have been stopped
from going ahead with their planned rally to the Presidential Villa,
Abuja, on Tuesday by the security operatives.
The group is campaigning for the release of over 200 schoolgirls abducted by the extremist group, Boko Haram, in 2014.
The new round of protest march began August 23 after Boko Haram released a video indicating the girls were alive.
The terror group said it would only exchange the girls for their members detained by the government across the country.
Although President Muhammadu Buhari said he would be willing to
concede to the demand, the BringBackOurGirls group said the government
has not done enough to rescue the girls.
After the release of the last video, the group vowed to march to
the presidential villa every 72 hours until the government makes clear
what steps it was taking to get the girls back.
According to Premium Times, the #BBOG had postponed its rally from
Friday to Tuesday. But shortly after they began the walk as usual from
the Unity Fountain, venue of the #BBOG daily sit-out, heading for the
three arm zone, they were stopped by security men around the Ministry of
Justice, Abuja.
The security men comprising mainly the police said the BBOG campaign was illegal because they had no permission to protest.
But a member of the group leading the protest on Tuesday, Buky
Sonibare, brought out copies of permits obtained from the police for
that purpose.
However the police persisted until the #BBOG members forced their way forward.
They are marching to the three arms zone amidst efforts to stop them by the police, as at the time of this report.
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