Soyinka, Utomi urge government to rescue missing girls

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has urged the Federal Government to step-up efforts to rescue the abducted Chibok girls.

Economist and former presidential aspirant, Pat Utomi also reiterated Soyinka’s call at a forum organised by Joe Okei-Odumakin, the President of Women Arise.

“We must make sure that such assault on our humanity doesn’t happen again. The survival of humanity and of the nation must remain paramount,” Soyinka said adding that terrorism is not unique to Nigeria alone.

“However, we must not get used to it. Our children are being dehumanised. I believe that our responsibility is to assist by becoming vigilant. We must become policemen and policewomen, vigilante of our communities. We must encourage others to be protective members of their community,” he added.

“For one year, our conscience have been held hostage. Anyone whose conscience has not been held hostage is not a human being. Terror is not something we can tolerate in our society. It is something we must stamp out,” Professor Utomi said.

“We are not going to stay in our house and fold our arms. We must stand up to those whose way of life is terror because we are much more than them. Today is also not just about to sing Bring Our Girls Back, but to stay together to fight for what is right,” Utomi added.

The Chibok girls were abducted on April 14, 2014, from their school in Borno State.