Presidency receives ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ protesters @ Eagles Square

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has lamented that terrorists have brought mayhem to the country and other parts of the world and called on all citizens to unite to resist the Boko Haram insurgency in the country.



He spoke on Thursday near Eagle Square, Abuja, where he received members of #BringBackOurGirls, the organised campaign to free the girls abducted by the insurgents in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

The activists had originally planned to storm the Presidential Villa, but were stopped by a massive police personnel led by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, beside Eagle Square, Abuja.

Represented by a delegation of cabinet members, led by Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Pius Ayim, the president said the abduction of the over 200 girls from their dormitory over a month ago was particularly painful, coming at a time government placed premium on development, especially the development of the girl child.

The procession had begun with a large crowd, all wearing red, at the Unity Fountain, Abuja, with Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, leading

When they were barred from proceeding to the Villa, the protesters decided to sit on the ground and refused to listen to pleas from the SGF, Chief Anyim.

President Jonathan, in his address read by Minister of State for FCT, Chief Jumoke Akinjide, said “our present world is under the grip of terrorism. Yesterday (Wednesday), a market in China, where ordinary people go to shop, was bombed. Two days ago, terrorists visited our beautiful town of Jos and detonated bombs, killing scores of people.

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In the Presidency's speech towards the #bringbackurgirls protest in Abuja yesterday ... I quote

" Government believes that we all must come together to fight terrorism and that protests should be directed at the terrorists who have abducted our innocent daughters and deprived them of a place at the fountain of freedom in our country". - NB