Ambrose wants Chibok girls released

Celtic star, Efe Ambrose, hopes Nigeria’s World Cup campaign will lead to the return of nearly 220 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by terrorists.
The Super Eagles defender believes the African nation’s passion for football can help bring peace and ­stability to his homeland.
The world was shocked when militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, abducted the girls from their boarding school in the northern town of Chibok, Borno State six weeks ago.
A campaign to release them, based around the ­slogan: Bring Back Our Girls, has ­developed into a global campaign on social media.
Efe, a substitute in ­Nigeria’s 2-2 midweek friendly against Scotland in London, is from the northern city of Kaduna and feels a close affinity with the abducted girls.
The 25-year-old, who joined Celtic from Israeli side, ­Ashdod, in 2012, said: “The area where the girls were taken from is not too far from where I grew up.
“Nigeria will come to a halt when the World Cup is on.
“When we’re playing, nobody will forget about the girls or what is happening ­elsewhere in Nigeria but we can use it to bring peace and calm to the country.”