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Kidnapped girls' mothers reportedly clash with police at Aso Rock

It was reported that the women clashed with the police on arriving Aso Rock after departing Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, where the first annual Chibok Girls’ lecture held, to see the President.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (C) poses at State House in Abuja on October 19, 2016 with the 21 Chibok girls who were released by Boko Haram the previous week

According to a report by TheCable, a showdown between policemen and mothers of some of the abducted girls ensued when they had insisted on seeing President Muhammadu Buhari to demand the whereabouts of their daughters.

It was further reported that the refusal of the policemen to allow the women get the President's audience got them protesting.

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“If you give me my baby now, I will go back,” Esther Yakubu, one of the mothers reportedly said.

Continuing, she said: “Which patience do you want me to exercise? He is celebrating the graduation of his own children, I also want to celebrate the graduation of my children.

“When a similar incident happened in Lagos, they rescued them because they are children of rich men.

“I want to talk to the president myself as a mother. My daughter is still in captivity, I can’t leave without seeing the president today.”

An officer, who spoke in a calm manner, had asked her to exercise patience, but the aggrieved woman fired back.

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