PHOTO OF THE DAY: BringBackOurGirls Group At The Presidential Villa. - Insist On Meeting President Buhari

There was a stand-off at the presidential villa, Abuja, as members of the BBOG group campaigning for the release of school girls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok in 2014, insisted they be allowed to meet Mr. Buhari.

Members of the group were instead met by a government team comprising the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan; Minister of Defense, Monsur Dan-Ali; National Security Adviser, Mohammed Monguno; and the Chief of Defense Staff, Abayomi Olonishakin.

A spokesperson for the BBOG and former education minister, Oby Ezekwesili, said they had earlier met with the president on July 8, and that they were at the villa to discuss the promises he made to them.

Women affairs minister, Mrs. Alhassan, said the president, who at the time was meeting with President Boni Yayi of Benin, could not make time to meet the BBOG team, because of the short notice given by the group.

After the group refused the back down, the NSA left to inform Mr. Buhari of the group’s insistence to see him personally. He returned with words that the president will meet the group at the Banquet Hall of President Villa. After rounding up his meeting with Beninese leader, Boni Yayi, President Buhari has arrived at the Banquet Hall at the presidential villa, for a meeting with the Bring Back Our Girls group to discuss Sensitive issues. He was accompanied  by several other top officials, including the chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai. Newsmen were excused from the meeting. According to the spokeperson for the BBOG group, after the meeting, the president said that he sleeps and wakes up with the Chibok girls in mind.
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a fresh investigation into the abduction of the 219 girls from Government Secondary in Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014 by the Insugent group, Boko Haram.
A panel to investigate the incident which occurred in April 2014 is to be named by the National Security Adviser Babagana Munguno. The Chibok girls  have remained missing for nearly two years