Ozokwo, Aki march to Lagos Assembly for Chibok girls

Nollywood stars led by veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, on Thursday marched to the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, Lagos, chanting “bring back our girls alive and well”.

Most popular among those who accompanied Ozokwor are Chinedu Ikedieze (better known as Aki) and Mercy Aigbe, all of them joining concerned citizens to speak with members of the state assembly on the spate of killings and kidnaps in the northeast.

They met with Speaker of the assembly, Rtd. Honourable Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and some other members.

Speaking with TheCable after the meeting, Ozokwor explained that their mission was to “cry out” to members of the assembly.

“You know, we don’t have guns; we don’t even have a machete to fight back. The only way we can fight back is to make our voices heard,” she said.

“We have come here because we have our mouthpiece at  the house of assembly, so that members of the House  of Assembly can help us shout. Since our voices cannot be heard, we want to make use of those who have loud voices to act on behalf on those children. We spoke to the speaker and some other members of the assembly.”

Although, it is Democracy Day — a work-free day — assembly members made out the time to speak with the demonstrators. and assured them of helping to shout even louder.

“We are not politicians and cannot do much, but our leaders can. People in government should stop playing politics and come together to fight the terrorist group, Boko Haram,” Ozokwor added.

“We want them to help us to rally round, because we are not politicians; those girls are not politicians either. They need to gather together to find solution. They should not just lay blames on opposition parties.”

She said the artistes trooped out because they were bothered, just the way every Nigerian should be.

“We want everyone to come together for this cause. It’s a national issue. It’s not the president’s issue or the soldier’s issue, because some of the members of the Boko Haram live among us,” she said.

“That’s why everybody should be involved. If it’s not your daughter, it could be your cousin; it could be your friend. It could be somebody else’s sister or cousin. So help us also to shout out.”