Female workers and students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest against the abduction of more than 200 students of Government Girls’ College, Chibok, Borno.

The protesters, including academic and non-academic staff, demanded immediate release of the students, as they marched round the university.

They carried placards with inscriptions such as: “Where are our daughters?”  “Bring back our sisters.”

Leader of the protesters, Dr Foluke Aliu-Ibrahim, of the Department of English Language, urged the Federal Government “to urgently do something, because the lives of the innocent girls are at stake.”

Aliu-Ibrahim said Nigeria’s leadership should intensify effort to ensure the release of the students.

Another member of the group, Dr Saudat  Abdulbaqi, of the Department of Mass Communication, said the protest a collective effort to push for release of the girls.

“We are worried about the torture and inhuman treatment they might be subjected to,” Abdulbaqi said.