Nollywood stars led by Patience Ozokwor on Thursday marched from Allen Avenue to Alausa Secretariat soliciting for the release of the kidnapped Chibok school girls.
The actors included Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, Ejiro Okurame, Mercy Aigbe, Femi Ogedengbe, Thelma Okaz and Tony Akposhere.
They said the march was their own way of celebrating the Democracy Day because they were unhappy that the kidnapped school children were still being held by the Boko Haram sect.
The actors, who marched with various placards asking for the release of the girls, were addressed by the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji.
Ikuforiji assured them that government was doing its best to get the girls released.
He said that the public might not be aware of things that were being done to release the girls but that government was alive to its responsibilities.
He commended the actors for having the nation at heart and joining in the clamour for the release of the girls.
Ikuforiji assured them that he would take their request to the government and thanked them for their efforts.
NAN reports that some other professional bodies including hairdressers and tailors also joined the actors in the rally.
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