The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja diocese, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has said the Federal Government has been unable to rescue the abducted Chibok girls, despite claiming it has cleared the Sambisa forest.

Onaiyekan said this on Tuesday during a solidarity march organised by the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement.

He said the Federal Government should have rescued the girls since the Sambisa Forest has been recovered.

“The families of the girls are still languishing and we think there is need to bring attention to that. We are told that the Sambisa forest has been cleared totally. So the question we are asking today is where are our girls,” he said.

“Government should do more to release the girls and to also address the issue of kidnapping in our country.”

Sheik Muhammad Khalid, Chief Imam of the National Assembly quarters’ mosque said Boko Haram would have won the war if the girls are not rescued.

“We can never allow the terrorists to have their way. If they get free with those girls, then they have relatively won the war. We want more actions from our government. The soul of all Nigerians are important,” he said.

“Today’s match adds a new angle to the series of similar ones that has been ongoing since Saturday, April 8, 2017. This is because it features the face of Nigeria’s two major religions.”

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