Fifty-five days after the abduction of 39 students of the College of Forestry in Kaduna, parents, and colleagues of the 29 victims that are still in captivity besieged the entrance of the National Assembly, calling for the urgent intervention of federal lawmakers.
Chanting songs of solidarity and displaying placards, the protesters claimed that the government isn’t doing enough to bring back the students still in captivity.
Just as both chambers of the National Assembly commenced legislative activities for the week, agonized parents of abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna State occupied the entrance of the National Assembly with lamentations of what they described as negligence on the part of the government.
Upon hearing of the protest outside, Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, sent an emissary who met with the parents of the victims.
The House further asked its Special Committee on Security to follow up on the matter after the House received the report on the protest by the Chairman of the Committee on Defence.
It’s been 55 days of pain and agony for parents of abducted students, for them, it appears there’s no help in sight.
