ICC Note: It has now been 800 days since the kidnapping of the 276 Chibok girls by Boko Haram from their high school in Borno State, Nigeria. The advocacy group that has been working on raising awareness about this abduction and encouraging country leaders to do something about getting the girls back, Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), mourns the fact that so much time has passed and the girls have not yet been rescued and returned to their families. They are urging President Buhari of Nigeria to do more in regard to rescuing the girls from Boko Haram. Boko Haram has held them presumably in the Sambisa forest, where the terrorist group is encamped in northeastern Nigeria. Boko Haram is known for raping, kidnapping, and killing, especially targeting Christians in their violent actions. Many of the Chibok girls are Christian, Chibok being a primarily Christian town.

By Omeiza Ajayi

06/23/2016, Borno State, Nigeria (Vanguard) – Eight hundred days after the abduction of 276 secondary school girls in Chibok, Borno State, the #BringBackOurGirls advocacy group has said Nigeria cannot continue to carry on, pretending that all was well with the country. However, 57 of the girls escaped during the period, leaving 219 unrecovered.

The group stated this yesterday at a special sit-out to commemorate the 800 day of the abduction of the girls.

They berated the President Muhammadu Buhari – led administration for being tall on promises and short on delivery.

“It is such a depressing day today. Honesty, how did this get to 800 days? Our children need to be brought back and reunited with their families. We cannot move on and pretend that all is okay. They have to know that we have not forgotten them, that we have not moved on with life and that they are still in our hearts”, said Aisha Yesufu, co-leader of the group.

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