by S’ola Filani

Pope Francis has lent his voice to the ongoing social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls – a search for over 230 abducted schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state weeks ago.

The world prominent Christian leader, Pope Francis asked Catholic faithfuls to pray for missing Chibok schoolgirls.

See his tweet below:

Let us all join in prayer for the immediate release of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria. #BringBackOurGirls

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) May 10, 2014

“Let us all pray join in prayer, for the immediate release of school girls kidnapped #BringBackOurGirls,” he tweeted.

#BringBackOurGirls has become the most popular hashtag in Nigeria this year, with the Twitter trend hitting over a million tweets. The hashtag has gone from a local trend to receiving international attention in the last seven days.

The hashtag is also very popular on Facebook and Instagram, receiving over 150,000 posts on the latter.

It has been posted by a number of global celebrities and personalities including the first lady of the United States Michelle Obama, actress Angelina Jolie and singer Chris Brown.