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Nigerians living in the United Kingdom are worried that after over hundred years, the abducted Chibok girls are yet to be re-united with their families.
Nigerians in the UK have been persistent in the global campaign to find the missing Chibok girls through series of protests outside the Country’s High Commission in London and other parts of the region.
They continue to mobilise and assemble, lending their voice to the global outrage sparked by the abduction that has exposed the soft under belly of the nation’s security challenges among other ills.
Special Adviser on Public Affairs to the President, Doyin Okupe, was in London recently to share news of economic progress with the international community and the latest on the hunt for the lost girls.
This administration is committed to finding these girls and releasing them; our priority is how to get them out safely” said Mr Okupe.
But some of the active voices championing the campaign in the UK, argue that this submission has become too recurrent for comfort and while military intelligence strategies are highly appreciated, the Government’s posture remains questionable.
“If someone for the past three months has been saying to you, we know where your children are but we haven’t been able to bring them back and you are not constantly keeping them updated about the welfare and well-being of their children, then there is a problem” said the President of Nigerian Women in Diaspora Leadership Forum, Jenny Okeke.
Channels Television’s London correspondent, Doris Okenwa reports that “the situation interrogates the state of the Nigerian military and billions of money swallowed up by security not to mention the additional funds being requested even as soldiers lament the weak machinery they contend with”.
She also adds that “the Bring Back Our Girls have seen Nigerians mobilise for action across the world demanding for the safe return of the young girls but also calling attention to the weak elements within the system causing insecurity to thrive.
The international community will only offer some measure of assistance but the buck stops with Nigeria’s leadership, she adds.
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