In a bid to add their
voices to the call for the release of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko
Haram insurgents in Chobok, Borno State, some Nollywood stars led by Patience
Ozokwor, popularly called Mama G, on Thursday staged a rally in Lagos, western
Nigeria.
NAN reports that the actors, which
included
Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, Ejiro Okurame, Mercy Aigbe, Femi
Ogedengbe, Thelma Okaz and Tony Akposhere, marched from Allen Avenue to Alausa
Secretariat soliciting for the release of the abducted school girls.
While demonstrating earlier today, the Nollywood
actors 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.
While addressing the movie stars, Ikuforiji
commended the actors for having the nation at heart and joining in the clamour
for the release.
The speaker also assured them that government
was doing its best to get the girls released, while also promising the actors
that he would take their request to the government.
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