How #BringBackOurGirls changed to #BringBackEzekwesili

 As President Muhammadu Buhari puts finishing touches to his list ministerial nominees to form his cabinet,
one name which has not left the public glare seems to be that of the Co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, prompting insinuations that her ministerial ambition may seem to have overtaken the campaign to bring back the Chibok girls.
Joseph Edgar in a piece titled “Oby Ezekwezili, Her Barber, the Chibok Girls and Tales by Moonlight” published in THISDAY Newspaper he explained how the #BringBackOurGirls campaign has lost its hightened attentions and why the attention has suddenly shifted towards making its campaigner Ezekwesili a favorite in Buhari’s search for an incorruptible and selfless personality to work with.

“Suddenly the music has stopped. Immediately we achieved a peaceful transition from the last administration our heroine has suddenly gone quiet or is it me, have we found the girls or am I missing something?“When the hashtag campaign hit, I was on top of myself. All sort of international figures from the U.S. President, to his wife down to international looneys like Kim Kardashian all joined the campaign and this was Oby’s finest hour. I could almost imagine her on her favorite barbers chair getting her world famous low cut in shape and smiling to herself with pride that she has led a movement that has not only gained international attention but has also kept her in the spotlight and positioned her for recognition and maybe a Nobel Peace pric

But alas, with the swearing in of the Buhari administration, she has gone quiet. The fire has been extinguished and madam has gone back to the barber shop with really no plans to continue the fight. She has gone quiet and this has led me to ask various bitter questions. Was this an elaborate scam on her part to gain relevance, to use as a platform to push for recognition at the expense of the poor girls who have continued to suffer untold hardships and torture at the hands of these sons of satan.

“To me, the aim of that campaign was not just to make noise, but aimed at galvanising social capital that would inadvertently lead to the securing of the freedom of not just the chibok girls but also all and any Nigerian in captivity and as long as these victims remain in the caves the pressure must continue to be applied. We cannot voluntarily retire from the struggle for whatever reasons, we cannot just say we have tried and pack our bags and go home to rest when the ultimate aim of the campaign in the first place has not been achieved.“Oby and her fellow travelers have only succeeded in dancing naked at the village square, a sight I’d rather not watch. She has showed us her true colours, that the Chibok girls were not really her interest, she has shown us that she truly needed the platform to come back to national relevance after her unceremonious removal from office and this, my people is the shame of not only her brethren and her barber but also the shame of a nation. Our collective shame that we could not see through these shenanigans, our shame that we allowed her drag us by the nose believing that this action was of pure intent while we were all being used for, on hindsight very narrow interests.

Let me ask, what has changed about the situation since the present administration came in, have the girls been found and if not are they being kept under better conditions. Why have we forgotten them, why have other issues pushed the issues of the Chibok girls away from the front burner. Where are the campaigners, why the sudden silence.”