DR JOE led NOLLYWOOD STARS to PLEAD for CHIBOK GIRLS.

Today,Dr Joe Okei Odumakin, a foremost female human right activist and president of the WOMEN ARISE FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE led prominent Nollywood stars and well meaning Nigerians in a protest march from LTV en route governor's office at Alausa,to demand the immediate release of the over 200 Chibok school girls who were abducted from their school hostel on Monday 14th April 2014.She requested that the Governor of Lagos state, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN,should submit to the president of Nigeria,Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan an already prepared letter of protest ;find text of the letter below.

Monday 12th May, 2014

The President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Aso Villa,
Abuja.

Thro:

The Executive Governor of Lagos State
Alausa, Lagos.

Mr. President,

WOMEN ARISE AGAINST TERROR: RESCUE THE GIRLS! SECURE NIGERIA AND END TERROR.

On the night of Monday, 14th April 2014, Government Girls College in
Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State was attacked and burnt
along with residential houses and in addition it was alleged that over
200 teenage female students of the school were abducted.  This is just
one of the latest acts of terror that has befallen our land.

We understand that acts of terror are carried out by those who seek to
destabilize the state and undermine the government; we also understand
that the government has taken certain steps to fight terrorism
including the deployment of troops and the declaration of a
state-of-emergency in the most affected states; and we understand that
the government has set up a committee and made promises to bring back
the abducted girls and has enjoined Nigerians to be patient. We are
equally aware that government has accepted international assistance in
the search for the missing girls and that activities have commenced in
that regard.

It is alarming however, that this wicked act took place despite the
declaration of a state of emergency in Borno State. It is equally
horrifying that this wickedness was carried out for hours without
interruption by the nation's security forces. And it is appalling to
read the alleged statement credited to Amnesty International that
intelligence reports were given to the security forces four hours
before the incident.

Mr. President, as mothers, sisters, fathers and brothers, we are
pained that these children have remained at the mercy of terrorists
with our security forces appearing hapless in the face of this
grievous harm being done to our polity. We believe this is a moment
for decisive leadership.

In your last media chat, you made reference to the fact that these are
trying times, not just for Nigeria but also for the world. However we
need to see you walk the walk and not just talk the talk as
demonstrated by strong and compassionate leadership in other climes.
We reiterate the fact that these girls were captured in the middle of
the night while writing their final exams. The nation must be reminded
that they are not just beloved daughters of their respective families,
but they also represent the future of this country. They represent the
dreams, hopes and aspirations of every young Nigerian for a better
tomorrow. Their parents, their communities and even the nation have
invested time, affection, and resources towards their future and by
extension the future of our country.

And so, we refuse to give them up. We refuse to surrender them to
terrorists and we refuse to surrender them to enemies of progress. Our
constitution states that the security and welfare of the Nigerian
people shall be the primary purpose of government. These girls have
become the embodiment of the struggle for a secure and stable Nigeria.
Their deliverance and safety has become the indicator by which this
constitutional responsibility will be assessed.

Therefore, as efforts towards their rescue are ongoing, we the
citizens of Nigeria make the following demands:

1. That the Government of Nigeria must ensure that every one of the
kidnapped girls is rescued.
2. That the Government of Nigeria must make adequate efforts to
compensate them and their families for the emotional and physical
trauma this incident has caused them and the nation.
3. That the Government of Nigeria facilitate the completion of their
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) which they
were writing at the time of their capture, that government recognize
them as heroes of the struggle against global terrorism and award them
full scholarship to complete their education to serve as inspiration
to millions of young girls in the northern part and elsewhere in the
country who are not enrolled in school or are contemplating ending
their education having been terrified by this dastardly act, when they
are released.
4. That the Government of Nigeria brings to book the masterminds of
this and every other act of terrorism in the nation. We refuse to
accept that there are no security reports on the sponsors of terror in
the land.
 5. That you as President and Commander in Chief demonstrate a strong
sense of leadership. It is important that you wield out those in the
nation's security echelon who are not on top of their game probably
because they have sympathy for, or have totally imbibed the ideology
of the terrorists.
6. That the Government of Nigeria work assiduously to secure our
borders and collaborate with the governments' of Chad, Niger and
Cameroon to arrest the influx of terrorists into Nigeria.

Thank you.

Yours truly,

Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin
President