Ojudu Blasts BBOG, Says Group Can’t Continue To Visit The Villa
Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Buhari[/caption]
The Special Adviser on Political Matters to the president, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has said that the Bring Back Our Girls group, BBOG, would not be allowed to protest at the villa going forward.
Ojudu, who made the statement yesterday, stated that the group was making the protest look like President Buhari had detained the Chibok girls.
Ojudu said,” “Since the President came to power, he has met with them thrice. And it is looking like look, you are making this thing appear as if I am the one detaining those girls. I am not detaining them. You are only going to protest to me if I am the one detaining them.
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“If you allow the BBOG to go into the villa everyday to carry out their campaign, what time would the President have to do his work?
“Will that not be calling for disorder? In UK, anyone who has something to say goes to Trafalgar Square. The media will meet you there. They don’t enter into 10, Downing Street.
“So, if the BBOG can restrict its campaign to the Unity Square, no body will stop them. But to say that everyday you want to go to the bedroom in the office of the President, that for me is bad.”
A rights group, SERAP, recently appealed to the United Nations to stop authorities from harassing the BBOG campaigners for legitimately demanding for the freedom of the Chibok Girls from Boko Haram.
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Recall that the group had on three occasions taken its protests to Aso Villa, but was prevented from reaching the seat of power by armed policemen who blocked the access road.
According to the police chief , the #BBOG protest constitutes a threat to public peace and order and therefore banned all forms of rally and procession in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs.
