BBOG The End? New Group Emerges As Counter

Is it the end of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), the group that has been at the forefront of championing the cause of the over 200 school girls kidnapped in April 2014 from Chibok Secondary School, Borno State?

The is the question most Nigerians are asking following the emergence of a rival group, “WITHBUHARIWESTAND’’ purposely to drum support for government’s effort in finding and bringing back home the missing girls.

On Tuesday, the WithBuhariWeStand group led by Comrade Idris King, marched to the Army Headquarters, Abuja, to declare support for the Federal Government and the Nigerian military, while accusing the BBOG of politicising the rescue of the girls.

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“What they – BBOG came out initially to do was good but by the manner in which they are going about it now, they are distracting the government and the Army.

“What they are doing is simple and is what I call Socio-advocacy terrorism,’’ King said.

He said that they came to identify with and congratulate the armed forces, particularly the Army, for successes achieved so far in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East.

“We want to salute the doggedness of the Nigerian Armed Forces, especially the Nigerian Army,’’ he said. King also said they came to sympathise with families of soldiers who had died in the course of the war.

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Addressing the group, Maj.-Gen. Chris Jemitola, on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, he thanked the group for identifying with the army and commended them for their orderly conduct.

“It is quite painful that when you are doing so much and some people are out to point out fault,’’ Jemitola lamented.

According to him, security was a collective responsibility, adding that nobody could claim to love Nigeria more than Nigerians.

The group had placards with inscriptions such as: “BBOG give some credit to the Government and the Nigerian Army for the achievement recorded in the fight against Boko Haram’’. “Oby Ezekwelisi, stop politicising the rescue of Chibok Girls, “No more business and “BBOG bizness is over.”

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