Police, Pro-Buhari group cut short BBOGâ€™s march to Presidential Villa

News Express |6th Sep 2016 | 2,632

The Nigeria police on Tuesday again prevented members of the #BringBackOurGirls group from going ahead with their planned rally to the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Tuesday’s march was supposed to be one in a series of protests which began August 23 after Boko Haram released a video indicating the kidnapped Chibok girls were alive.

Today, the group had forced its way through a police cordon at the Three Arms Zone, as it sought a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

The BBOG protesters, who broke past the wall of anti-riot police officers ran in different directions eventually got to the entrance of the Presidential Villa, were they met a pro-Muhammadu Buhari group identified as ‘With Buhari We Stand’.

One Idris King, who spoke on behalf of the new group, said the “Chibok girls were only used as a scam.”

He said President Buhari’s administration was doing everything possible to rescue the Chibok girls alive.

•Text courtesy of Daily Trust. Photo shows BBOG activists during a protest march.

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