( CNN ) -- Police in Nigeria 's capital have banned all protests planned in support of the more than 200 girls kidnapped in April . Commissioner Joseph Mbu said the proliferation of such protests `` is now posing a serious security threat '' to those living around , and driving through , demonstration sites in the capital city of Abuja . `` I can not fold my hands and watch this lawlessness , '' he said in a statement Monday . `` Information reaching us is that too soon dangerous elements will join the groups under the guise of protest and detonate explosive ( s ) aimed at embarrassing the government . Accordingly protests on the Chibok Girls is hereby banned with immediate effect , '' the commissioner continued . More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in northern Nigeria in April by Boko Haram , in an act that drew international condemnation . The terror group abducted an estimated 276 girls on April 14 from a boarding school in Chibok . Dozens escaped , but more than 200 girls are still missing . Nigerians and others have accused their government of not acting swiftly or efficiently enough to protect the girls seized in the dead of night . Boko Haram translates as `` Western education is a sin '' in the Hausa language . The militant group says its aim is to impose a stricter enforcement of Sharia law across Nigeria , Africa 's most populous nation , which is split between a majority Muslim north and a mostly Christian south . CNN 's Dana Ford contributed to this report .
Demonstrations are banned in the capital city of Abuja . Police are worried about `` dangerous elements '' joining the protests . More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in northern Nigeria .