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When 276 girls were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state, celebrities joined a peaceful march to demand the release of the kidnapped girls while some took to their social media pages to share sad messages about the situation.

It’s 2016 and the celebrities on the Nigerian entertainment scene seem to have forgotten the girls as there have not been any word of sympathy from their quarters.

In 2014 celebrities such as Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, Yemi Alade, Waje, Omoni Oboli, Sasha, Tiwa Savage and Genevive Nnaji (pictured) were part of the campaigners.

#bringBackOurGirls #letTheWorldKnowThatOurGirlsAreStillMissing #heartBreaking #signThePetition… http://t.co/yiE4mU1DmP

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— Uche Jombo Rodriguez (@uchejombo) May 1, 2014

I'm presently in Abuja and will join the #Bringbackourgirls rally at Unity Fountain opp Hilton 3pm today despite my questions. Peace.

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— charles novia (@charlesnovia) May 1, 2014

It's a new month,d rain pours heavily down. It shd be a celebration of d gift of life but there is sadness all around with d loss of d girls

— Kate Henshaw (@HenshawKate) May 1, 2014

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Please let's pray fervently for their safe return home.. #bringbackourgirls http://t.co/ppOLnUKedt

— Rita Dominic (@ritaUdominic) May 1, 2014

Thanks for the wonderful outing again yesterday @Time u continually raise D bar.here again is a pic of where we're at pic.twitter.com/Oj6Tcu55Ap

— Dr Omotola .j. Ekeinde , MFR (@Realomosexy) April 30, 2014

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This is heart wrenching! I ask myself, what would I have done if these girls were mine? THIS IS WAR!… http://t.co/18RDcyPh0B

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— Omoni Oboli (@Omonioboli) May 1, 2014

But none of these celebrities who sympathized with the parents in 2014 said a word on the second anniversary of the girls’ kidnap.

Toke Makinwa, a media personality, has been the only celebrity so far noticed with words of sympathy.

No family deserves this kind of pain, no mother should have to watch her baby out there in the… https://t.co/K6HVUHiofl

— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) April 14, 2016

The latest information about the kidnapped girls is a short video released by CNN showing 15 of the girls looking rather healthy without any visible signs of abuse.

The video is believed to have been sent by their captors to negotiators as a ‘proof of life’.

In October 2014, Danladi Ahmadu, the ‘secretary-general’ of Boko Haram, the terrorist group that claimed the abduction of the girls, told the Hausa service of the Voice of America that the girls would be returned to their parents but two years after, Nigerians await the return of the girls.

And Nigerian celebrities decided to look the other way.