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Nigerians today mark the second anniversary of the April 14, 2014 abduction of over 200 female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram sect without any clues on their whereabouts by the security agents.

Consequently, angry non-governmental organisations (NGOs) led by the popular Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), have lined up a series of activities to draw the Federal Government and the international community to the plight of the victims and their parents.

The wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, is also launching a book to raise funds for the parents of the girls and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Some Nigerians, who spoke on the matter with The newsmen expressed disappointment that almost a year in office, President Muhammadu Buhari, like his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, was yet to find the girls.

On April 14, 2014, the Boko Haram militants stormed the female hostel of the girls and kidnapped 276 of them.
Close to 50 of them escaped while about 219 are still believed to be missing.

Nigeria's government and military faced heavy criticism for their handling of the incident, with towns and cities across the nation witnessing protests. President Goodluck Jonathan, who declined to comment on the kidnappings for almost three weeks, was criticised, and became the first sitting Nigerian president to lose an election, in 2015.

The kidnappings prompted a strong social media reaction, with the phrase #bringbackourgirls tweeted around 3.3 million times by mid-May 2014. US first lady Michelle Obama joined the campaign, as did Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban after campaigning for girls' education.

After several promises during his electioneering to secure the girls' release, President Buhari after as­suming office has failed to produce the Chibok girls nor identify their whereabouts.
During his December 30, 2015 media chat, Buhari said that he had no clue on the whereabouts of the girls.