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Mama G and other Nollywood stars march for release of Chibok girls

Lagos – Some Nollywood 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
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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.
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.

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