Women carrying various placards with inscription such as , "Rescue our Chibok girls, bring back our girls alive, Where are my sisters, let peace and justice reign,our daughters going for N2000" besieged the venue.
The rally which started around 3.30pm was led by a tearful former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, human rights activists, Mariam Uwais, Saudatu Sani among other leaders of various civil society groups.
Despite the rain, the protesters were not deterred as they marched towards the National assembly to compel those in authorities to take more definite action concerning the disappearance of the girls.
The Coordinator of the Human Rights Agenda Network, Hadiza Bala Usman said the reading from Chibok was that all Nigerians, including the military and the security personnel are at great risk of being consumed by the aggression of those who have ambushed the peace and security of peace and prosperity of Nigerians.
She added that the trend of conflicting information about the exact number of girls who are still missing and even the operations are regrettable.
The group lamented that the fact no group has come out to claim responsibilty for the abduction of the girls has made it disturbing stressing that this made it imperative for Nigerians to amplify and demand that those with the responsibilty for the safety of all Nigerians should act and constructively engage to find and return the girls to their parents.
Some of the pertinent questions raised by the group includes, "where are our daughters and when will they be brought back home, how is it possible in the age of drones, google maps and aerial surveillance that over 200 girls will vanish without a trace"
"Is this suggestive of the weaknesses of security operations covering soft targets such as schools even after clear indications of their vulnerability"
"Why was protection for our children in the North East not intensified even after the devastation and pain of the 59 innocent children murdered in FGC Buni Yadi in February 25, 2014?
"How is it that security is not upgraded around institutions even when warnings of potential threat or imminent aggressions are issued"
"what is the rational explanation that in a location in Borno State under the state of emergency; 4 trucks and numerous
Motor bikes can deploy, move in a convoy, unleash terror on the school at Chibokk and then flee with over 200 girls to a location yet to be determined"they asked
Tearful Oby Ezekwesili said, "It began to look as if we as Nigerians are totally without empathy and I know that those of you who have turned out here are the symbol of the past of our countries that our country is not a country of people that are careless about their fellow human being"
"We are so frustrated at the fact that 234 of our children would get missing and there is actually no coherent as to touch and rescue that is going on concerning them, as a result of this, the papers that you got contained the issue that were resting with the authority of thus country"
"Our leadership must show a presence of mind concerning the situation that will have with our daughters, how many of you saw the Chibok mothers on news?
Isn't that heart breaking, they felt that they have been abandoned by not just the government but by all of us, is it a good thing for a citizen to feel that way" she asked
Continuing she said,"We want to compel the right time of momentum for the search and the discovery of those children and bringing them back, we don't care about any stories on this, there must be concerted effort to bring back our girls, if one nigeria girl is missing it would be all of us are missing not to talk of 234 Nigerian girls is missing"she said
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