#BringBackOurGirls Soyinka, Utomi urge government to rescue missing girls
Professor Soyinka stated this in Lagos on April 14, 2015, the one year anniversary of the girls’ abduction.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has urged the Federal Government to step-up efforts to rescue the abducted Chibok girls.
Professor Soyinka stated this in Lagos on April 14, 2015, the one year anniversary of the girls’ abduction.
Economist and former presidential aspirant, Pat Utomi also reiterated Soyinka’s call at a forum organised by Joe Okei-Odumakin, the President of Women Arise.
“We
must make sure that such assault on our humanity doesn’t happen again.
The survival of humanity and of the nation must remain paramount,” Soyinka said adding that terrorism is not unique to Nigeria alone.
“However,
we must not get used to it. Our children are being dehumanised. I
believe that our responsibility is to assist by becoming vigilant. We
must become policemen and policewomen, vigilante of our communities. We
must encourage others to be protective members of their community,” he added.
“For
one year, our conscience have been held hostage. Anyone whose
conscience has not been held hostage is not a human being. Terror is not
something we can tolerate in our society. It is something we must stamp
out,” Professor Utomi said.
“We are not
going to stay in our house and fold our arms. We must stand up to those
whose way of life is terror because we are much more than them. Today is
also not just about to sing Bring Our Girls Back, but to stay together
to fight for what is right,” Utomi added.
The Chibok girls were abducted on April 14, 2014, from their school in Borno State.
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