People from Chibok community resident in Abuja and members of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG), movement has expressed regret over their choice of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 election.
They expressed this regret in Abuja on Monday in the face of the fate of the Chibok school girls, most of whom are yet to be rescued from their Boko Haram captors.
Boko Haram had last week released a video of the girls who are still alive and said they were willing to trade the girls in exchange for their members in detention in various prisons.
One of the girls, Maida Yakubu, who also spoke in the video asked their parents to beg the Nigerian government to accept the Boko Haram demand so they can regain freedom.
Speaking during the protest on Monday, the chairman of the Chibok Community, Hosea Tsambido said members of the Community and BBOG voted massively for Mr. Buhari as against his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who they voted for in 2011.
“They tell us that our girls seen in the latest video was merely an arrangement,” Tsambido said.
“No one has spoken to the family of any of the Chibok girls since the last video was released, by the terrorists. We regret our votes. We regret it.”
“We were promised that the president would visit Sambisa, after becoming president. We were also told that within two weeks our girls would be rescued. “But over one year now, there is no tangible statement about our girls. The presidency has stated instead that it is confused.”
The BBOG group said it was embarking on a fresh 14-day campaign to re-energize the clamour for the rescue of the girls.
The protesters were heading for the Presidential villa to speak with the president as they usually do during their protests.
They were however, stopped by a combined team of security personnel at the entrance of the three arms zone.
The group said the current administration has ran out of excuses regarding the return of the Chibok girls.
“No more excuses,” they said.
