Bring Bach our Girls OAU student, Staff Protest over Chibok Girls

 “We want action not committee. No more blood shedding, kidnap our corrupt politicians not innocent students. Say no to terrorism. No child is born to be abducted was the write up on the placard Placards carried by the students, who are currently writing their rain semester examination, Our staff and students condemn the abduction of Chibok girls. If it can happen to the Chibok Girls, then no one is safe. As parents, we feel the pain and anguish of the families of the Chibok girls.”
The peaceful Demonstration which was organised by Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies, saw demonstrator dressed in white and red attire marching round the campus expressing their concerns over the missing girls.
Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Lateefah Durosinmi, explained that the demonstration was to show solidarity.
“We don’t know what they’ve been eating or what they’ve done to them. Anybody that has information on how to get these girls should not hesitate to provide it,” she said.
The OAU Librarian, Mrs. Bukky Asubiojo, said, “Though, we are not the biological mothers of the children our mind is not at rest since the girls were abducted months ago. We are lending our voice to the national outcry. These girls have been missing for too long. The Boko Haram insurgency is assuming higher dimension on daily basis. If we fail to lend our voices and do nothing because it’s happening in the North, how are we sure it couldn’t get here?”
Speaking on behalf of the university lecturers, OAU Academic Staff Union of Universities Chairman, Dr. Caleb Aborisade, condemned the activities of the sect.
He urged the Federal Government to be pro-active in their approach to curbing insurgents.
“I am here to show that the union is against the abduction of the girls. I advise President Goodluck Jonathan to humbly resign if he feels incapable. The condition given by the leader of the sect, Shekau, will only be honoured by a useless government,” he said.
Director of the Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies, who organised the protest, Professor Funmi Soetan appealed to security forces and well-meaning Nigerians to provide information that could aid the rescue of the missing girls.
She said, “The centre is outraged by the heinous crimes against humanity by the insurgents. We are concerned about the plight of these young girls who have not committed any crime to deserve this treatment meted to them by the insurgent Boko Haram sect. It could be my child, it can be that of anyone. Let’s join hands against insecurity in Nigeria.”
 “We want action not committee. No more blood shedding, kidnap our corrupt politicians not innocent students. Say no to terrorism. No child is born to be abducted were the write up on the placard carried by the student. Our staff and students condemn the abduction of Chibok girls. If it can happen to the Chibok Girls, then no one is safe. As parents, we feel the pain and anguish of the families of the Chibok girls.”
The protest which was organised by Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies, saw protesters dressed in white and red attire marching round the campus expressing their concerns over the missing girls.
Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Lateefah Durosinmi, explained that the protest was to show solidarity.
“We don’t know what they’ve been eating or what they’ve done to them. Anybody that has information on how to get these girls should not hesitate to provide it,” she said.
The OAU Librarian, Mrs. Bukky Asubiojo, said, “Though, we are not the biological mothers of the children our mind is not at rest since the girls were abducted months ago. We are lending our voice to the national outcry. These girls have been missing for too long. The Boko Haram insurgency is assuming higher dimension on daily basis. If we fail to lend our voices and do nothing because it’s happening in the North, how are we sure it couldn’t get here?”
Speaking on behalf of the university lecturers, OAU Academic Staff Union of Universities Chairman, Dr. Caleb Aborisade, condemned the activities of the sect.
He urged the Federal Government to be pro-active in their approach to curbing insurgents.
“I am here to show that the union is against the abduction of the girls. I advise President Goodluck Jonathan to humbly resign if he feels incapable. The condition given by the leader of the sect, Shekau, will only be honoured by a useless government,” he said.
Director of the Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies, who organised the protest, Professor Funmi Soetan appealed to security forces and well-meaning Nigerians to provide information that could aid the rescue of the missing girls.
She said, “The centre is outraged by the heinous crimes against humanity by the insurgents. We are concerned about the plight of these young girls who have not committed any crime to deserve this treatment meted to them by the insurgent Boko Haram sect. It could be my child, it can be that of anyone. Let’s join hands against insecurity in Nigeria.”