#BringBackJonathan Group Emerges In Abuja.

It was an ironic situation yesterday when a group of people under the hashtag, #BringBackJonathan gathered at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, where the #BringBackOurGirls Group has been holding its sit-out sessions to demand for the rescue of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram sect in April.

The group of people gathered at the location with musical instruments, playing and having fun, while shouting, “#BringBackJonathan!” just beside the gloomy looking #BringBackOurGirls Group.

Reacting to the situation, the BBOG Group said it was an insult to the Borno people, the Chibok girls and Nigerians at large, that a group of people would choose to ridicule their activities and their demand for the rescue of the abducted girls by creating a hashtag, #BringBackJonathan.

“It is a clear lack of empathy that with the current security situation in Nigeria and the fact that some of the Chibok girls are ‎still in the hands of the Boko Haram, some group of persons will come out to create a hashtag, #BringBackJonathan. This is mockery to this peculiar situation of people of Borno, Chibok girls and the North East in general,” the group lamented.

The group also said yesterday that as part of its activities to keep the issue of the abducted girls on the front burner of public awareness, it had visited the People’s Daily Newspapers office in Abuja, adding that the visit was a fruitful one.

“They told us not to give up on our struggle; rather, we should continue to speak on behalf of the Chibok girls. They promised to help put the issue of the girls on the front burner. The visit is giving us a special mileage that we have not got before. Any initiative that will keep us on the front burner should be encouraged,” the BBOG Group said.