All things being equal, campaigners of #BringBackOurGirls and
other groups have concluded plans to stage an anti-Jonathan protests in the
nation’s capital Abuja on Wednesday October 1, which is Nigeria’s Independence
Day celebration.
The protest is expected to have some pro democracy groups in
attendance. According to a member of the group, who spoke to the Sun in
anonymity, the group decided to stage the protest on Nigeria’s Independence Day
because the government and other officials will mark the day.
The group hopes to compel the government to step up its plan
to bring back the Chibok girls.
Reacting to the planned protest, Dr Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Adviser on Public Affairs said it was aware of the plans and “will follow through.”
Giving further details on preparations for the planned protest,
the group’s official said some opposition governors, senators and House of
Representatives members have been helping to shore up arrangements for the
protest. For instance, he said at a meeting held by members of the group on
September 24, two senators, two House of Representatives members attended. The
perley which took place in Abuja was also attended by an international human
rights Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
He said: “It is to mark 170 days of the abduction and to
consolidate on the hostile environment that would prevent him (President
Jonathan) from contesting,” the meeting resolved.
He noted that a team also visited the Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) from Borno State camped at Inkuma and Kabaru in Nasarawa State
and donated some materials.
He said the team resolved to seek “possible recruitment of a
governor from the South-South, a female Rep, a governorship aspirant in one of
the states in the Northeast and six other “human rights activists.
“The overall objective of this drive is to ensure that
President Jonathan leaves office before the scheduled elections in 2015 or
ensure he is not re-elected,” it said.
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