Some American celebrities took to their social media accounts on Thursday to lend a voice for the release of over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, about two weeks ago.
They expressed sadness over the issue and asked their followers on the various social media to join the campaign in ensuring that the girls got back home to their parents safely.
Joining other Nigerians with the hashtag bringbackourgirls, they called on the Nigerian government to intensify efforts in finding the girls.
Singer, Chris Brown, on his Twitter page explained to his 13.4 million followers how the girls were kidnapped and asked people to lend a voice by asking authorities to rescue the girls from their abductors.
He tweeted, “Nigerian girls ages 16-18 were kidnapped from their schools in Nigeria two weeks ago when an armed terrorist group broke into their school, shot the guards and kidnapped over 200 girls because they attended school. Lend a voice by asking authorities to#bringbackourgirls.”
His colleague, Keri Hilson, who has about 3.5 million followers on Twitter, posted a #bringbackourgirls picture writing, “Nigeria, you are in my heart.”
American media and music mogul, Russel Simmon, via his Twitter account, expressed shock that over 200 girls were kidnapped and many people did not seem to be concerned.
The media mogul who has about 3.13 million followers on the social media network asked for the post to be retweeted by his followers for his campaign to be further heard.
He posted, “234 Nigerian girls have gone missing, and no one is talking about it… http://bit.ly/1fPQHsg PLEASE RT! #BringBackOurGirls.”
Also, Keke Palmer, an actress and a singer, agreed with Simmons over the issue. She lamented that enough was not done for the release of the kidnapped schoolgirls.
She wrote on her social media account, “Nigerian girls have gone missing, and no one is talking about it… 234 girls were kidnapped and possibly sold off as brides. Interesting what media chooses to expose and what not to.”
