Yesterday (May 27th) was Children’s Day in Nigeria, and also marked over 6 weeks now since nearly 300 girls in Chibok in Northeastern Nigeria were abducted from their secondary school in the dead of the night by Boko Haram militants. At the recently concluded World Relay Championships in the Bahamas, the whole world of Track & Field, led by IAAF President Lamine Diack, got behind #BringBackOurGirlsNow

Nigeria posted a commendable performance at these 1st ever World Relays, with a 4x400m Bronze and 4th place in the 4x100m, and it was perhaps fitting that it was our girls who posted those results. #BringBackOurGirls has slowly started ebbing from the world’s consciousness, but the girls are still very missing. We believe that we must keep up the pressure on the powers that be to #BringBackOurGirlsNow. Over the next few days, we will be posting  more pictures for the Campaign to keep the Chibok girls at the forefront of our minds. We need them home now.

Lamine Diack, President of the IAAF
Lamine Diack, President of the IAAF
Chris Brown, Bahamian 4x400m Olympic Champion 2012
Chris Brown, Bahamian 4x400m Olympic Champion 2012

 

Regina George, Nigerian 4x400m World Relay Bronze Medallist 2014
Regina George, Nigerian 4x400m World Relay Bronze Medallist 2014
Margaret Adeoye, British 4x400m World Championship Bronze Medallist 2013
Margaret Adeoye, British 4x400m World Championship Bronze Medallist 2013
Christine Day, 4x400m Olympic Bronze Medallist 2012
Christine Day, Jamaican 4x400m Olympic Bronze Medallist 2012
Carol Rodriguez, Puerto Rican 4x100m Gold Medallist at Central American & Caribbean Games 2010
Carol Rodriguez, Puerto Rican 4x100m Gold Medallist at Central American & Caribbean Games 2010

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Bambo Akani is the Founder and CEO of Making of Champions (MoC). He is an avid sports writer and photo-blogger, and has quickly become an internationally recognized Athletics Expert. He appeared in a new weekly Athletics segment on the Sports Tonight Show on Channels TV during the 2014 Athletics season and has also appeared on Jamaican Television and Radio to discuss the MoC "The History" Film that he Produced and Directed, and to review and analyse key events in world athletics.Bambo holds an MEng and BA in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University in the UK and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management in the US.

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