Nollywood stars march for release of Chibok girls

Lagos – Some Nollwood stars led by Patience Ozokwor on Thursday
marched from Allen Avenue to Alausa Secretariat soliciting for the
release of the kidnapped Chibok school girls.
The actors included Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, Ejiro
Okurame, Mercy Aigbe, Femi Ogedengbe, Thelma Okaz and Tony Akposhere.

Nollywood celebrity Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G, pleads for the
release of the more than 200 abducted Chibok school girls in Lagos on
May 29, 2014, during a demonstration by civil society groups and
celebrities of the film and entertainment industries to press for the
girls' release, seven weeks after their abduction by Islamist militant
group Boko Haram, and on the occasion of Nigeria's Democracy Day.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on May 29 total war against
terrorism as the country's security forces stepped up efforts to
rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists 45
days ago. AFP PHOTO

They said the march was their own way of celebrating the Democracy Day
because they were unhappy that the kidnapped school children were
still being held by the Boko Haram sect.

The actors, who marched with various placards with various
inscriptions asking for the release of the girls, were addressed by
the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji.

They pleaded for the release of the girls by the Boko Haram sect.

Ikuforiji assured the rally that government was doing its best to get
the girls released.
He said that the public might not be aware of things that were being
done to release the girls but that government was alive to its
responsibilities.

He commended the actors for having the nation at heart and joining in
the clamour for the release of the girls.

Ikuforiji assured them that he would take their request to the
government and thanked them for their efforts.

NAN reports that some other professional bodies including hairdressers
and tailors also joined the actors in the rally. (NAN)