Boko Haram: Borno Youths, Students Gives 40 Days Ultimatum For The Release Of Chibok Girls
Youths and Students in Borno state led by Comrade Yusuf Tom and Miss Fatima Zanna Maliki have given government 40 days from the day of the abduction of the female students in Chibok, Government Secondary School (April 14, 2014) by members of the Boko Haram Insurgents, which is expected to lapse on May 24, 2014, stating that, if by then the girls are not released they are going to mobile nationwide and gather at the Ramat Square in Maiduguri, where they will go on hunger strike until the abducted students are released.
The students who condemn in strong terms the abduction of the female students also urged the Federal Government to step up it's effort towards resolution of the security challenges in the country, as it has taken so long and asuming different dimensions.
The students, also said that they are not quoting section 305 which suspends all powers bestowed on the governor as a means of calling on the Presidency to replace the governor with a military administrator, but that, they are appealing to the presidency to ensure that, it uses the military powers at its disposal under the emergency rule to check the activities of insurgents as well as ensure the release of the over 200 Chibok girls in the custody of Boko Haram Insurgents.
The students who commended the efforts of the civilian JTF towards ensuring return of peace in the state capital also called on youths in the state to be law abiding and embrace peaceful means in addressing their grievances.
They also said that, in view of the fore going, they are mobilizing their fellow students from all schools across Borno state on May 7, 2014, which according to them, would be a lecture free day for them to sympathies with themselves and families of the abducted girls and other victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the state and North-East in general.
" We are also urging the first lady of Nigeria, our mother, Dr. Dame Patience Jonathan to play motherly role in the present challenges facing our country rather than apportioning blame. Borno state student and youths are suffering educationally and otherwise, our teachers are being killed, lectures kidnapped, students abducted and slaughtered, school burnt and academic activities are paralyzed." the students said.