Protesters took part in a march to Downing Street today as they called on the Government to do more to defeat the Islamist terror group responsible for the kidnap of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria.
About 80 demonstrators, many waving signs and placards, chanted "bring back our girls" as they marched from the Nigeria High Commission in Westminster.
March organiser Amour Owolabi said people had travelled from Birmingham and Manchester to deliver a petition to politicians following the shocking abduction by Boko Haram terrorists.
He said: "We're here today to call the international community to bring back our girls.
"The Nigerian government should have done a lot more in terms of locating these girls and informing people about the situation.
"Terrorism isn't a local issue and our government cannot deal with it alone. We need the international community to come and support us in making sure that things like this do not happen again."
Student Rashida Banngura said she was moved to come and support the protest.
"I'm a Muslim myself," she said. "I think some people think all the Muslims are the same but what these terrorists are doing does not reflect my beliefs. They are evil, what they are doing does not reflect Islam."
The Rev Nathaniel Oyinloye, who also took part in the march, said: "These girls were stolen. The Nigerian government doesn't seem to be doing anything about it.
"If these girls were the children of government ministers then I'm sure they would be doing more."
It was revealed today that Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled a trip to the traumatised town from which Islamic extremists abducted the girls a month ago amid apparent security concerns.
It would have been the first reported visited by Nigeria's leader to Chibok, in the north-eastern region that has suffered deadly assaults by Boko Haram for the last five years.
A Chibok community leader had said that though residents had been angry at the government's slow response to the girls' plight, they did not hold it against the president and considered the visit "better late than never".
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