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Police officers have stopped Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaigners from gaining entrance to the presidential villa in Abuja.
The protesters had set out from the Unity Fountain in Abuja around 10:30am, but met a wall of police officers on the road leading to the villa.
They have sent @PoliceNG to prevent us from accessing d Villa Gate.Are we now back 2the Era of d old Admin @Omojuwa pic.twitter.com/OOnSoAiuA5
— #RIPElvis (@MKabrik) April 14, 2016
We do not seek to enter dVilla,we simply want to exercise d right of citizenship 2 get to d hate of Villa-@obyezeks pic.twitter.com/adLGgQv6OR
— #RIPElvis (@MKabrik) April 14, 2016
We will be addressing the Press at the spot where we were stopped, however we must say this is unacceptable pic.twitter.com/9apiaiqJsc
— #RIPElvis (@MKabrik) April 14, 2016
One of the mothers of the ChibokGirls addressing the press. I am surprised they are stopping us today. #BBOGNOW pic.twitter.com/4umutl7Edq
— #RIPElvis (@MKabrik) April 14, 2016 This development is reminiscent of the Goodluck Jonathan era when the campaigners were denied access to the villa.
This is the third time that the group will be visiting the villa under President Muhammadu Buhari. The first was in July, when they were well recieved, second in November, when they were initially prevented from seeing the president, but ended up meeting him after insisting.
Journalists were ordered out of that meeting.
