The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) advocacy
group has stated that the six weeks
countdown which it started, was a
monitoring initiative to help it follow actively
developments about the counterinsurgency/
rescue operations as conveyed by the federal government The group in a statement signed by one its
co-convener, Dr (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili in
Abuja, stated that the countdown aligned
with the timeframe the federal Government
gave for collaborating with neighbouring
multinational joint task forces to end the Boko Haram insurgency, reclaiming all the
territories occupied by the insurgents and
bringing back the abducted Chibok girls. “The timeline formed the basis for the shift
of the 2015 election schedule by INEC. As an
advocacy that has painstakingly over the
last ten months called for a massive
offensive against the terrorists that
abducted our 219 #ChibokGirls, we welcomed the new offensive even though we
regretted that it took so long for our federal
government to galvanise such effort. “It was the failure to respond decisively and
speedily particularly in 2014 that led to the
counter insurgency war becoming entangled
with the country’s electoral cycle and
politics. That being said, we wish to
reiterate that we welcome, endorse and fully support what can rightly be called the most
tangible action so far launched against
insurgents by our federal government. “Our citizens group has been most hopeful
of the victory achievable if diligent
commitment were given to the counter
insurgency strategy from the outset of the
menace, but especially following the
abduction of the secondary school girls of Chibok in April 2014”, it said. The group also urged the military to present
empirically-verifiable evidence of their
progress against the sect. “Our monitoring initiative is in effect a
vigilance tool that places searchlight on the
counterinsurgency/rescue operations as
conveyed by the federal government. “We want to know: are we making
empirically-verified progress or not with the
operation and collaboration of our
neighbors? Are we reclaiming our territories
from the enemies? Are we weakening/
destroying the strength and base of the enemies? Are we closer to having our #
ChibokGirls and other abducted citizens
returned back or not? Are we closer to
restoring order and security in Northeast
Nigeria or not?” it said. You may recall that the BBOG began a
monitoring initiative known as #
BBOGCountDownTo6Weeks on 14
February, 2015.

Source : www.informationng.com

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