In a bid to add their voices to the call for the release of hundreds
of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in Chobok, Borno
State, some Nollywood stars led by Patience Ozokwor, popularly called
Mama G, on Thursday staged a rally in Lagos, western Nigeria.
NAN reports that the actors, which included Chinedu Ikedieze,
popularly known as Aki, Ejiro Okurame, Mercy Aigbe, Femi Ogedengbe,
Thelma Okaz and Tony Akposhere, marched from Allen Avenue to Alausa
Secretariat soliciting for the release of the abducted school girls.
It could be recalled that the Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped no
fewer than 276 schoolgirls at the Government Girls Secondary School in
Chibok, Borno State on 14 April, 2014.
More than seven weeks after the terror attack, the Islamist militant
group are yet to release the girls claiming they would only swap them
for their members captured by the Nigerian military.
While demonstrating earlier today, the Nollywood actors said the
march was their own way of celebrating the Democracy Day because they
were unhappy that the kidnapped school children were still being held by
the Boko Haram sect.
The actors, who marched with various placards with various
inscriptions asking for the release of the girls, were addressed by the
Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji.
* Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor during Bring Back Our Girls rally in Lagos
They pleaded for the release of the girls by the Boko Haram sect.
While addressing the movie stars, Ikuforiji commended the actors for
having the nation at heart and joining in the clamour for the release.
The speaker also assured them that government was doing its best to
get the girls released, while also promising the actors that he would
take their request to the government.
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