Abduction of over 200 Chibok School Girls

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By, ‘Tunde Andrew

When the news of the abduction of over 200 female students of Government Girls College, Chibok, Borno State filtered into the air on 15^th of April, 2014, so many people wondered how it can happen with the state of emergency currently going on in three states of the north-east of the country (Nigeria), namely: Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States respectively.

I wondered how can those female students be taken from their  school pass through the roads with the  trucks  with all the road blocks without being  noticed by the security personnel drafted to that region to protect lives and property of Nigerian citizens living in that region.

Few days later, the military through his spokesperson, Major General Chris Olukolade told the entire world that the abducted girls have been rescued. Hours later, the school principal and parents of the abducted girls faulted the military claims and said that over 200 girls are still in Boko Haram’s den in the Sambisa forest.

The questions are: why will the military deceive the whole world that the kidnapped girls have been rescued?

Where did the trucks that took the girls away into the Sambisa forest pass with the state of emergency in place and security check points all over?

We demand answers to these questions.

Barely one month that the school girls have been taken to unknown destination by members of the Boko Haram, the government has not traced or has a clue to the where about of the girls.

The only information from the government is that, they will find the girls soon and return them back home.

This is an assurance from the government but, how soon will this be? We don’t know.

What effort is the government putting in place to bring back these girls who are future mothers in our nation?

I wonder the kind of psychical trauma these girls and their parents must have passing through since the abduction of these girls took place on the 15^th of April, 2014.

The where about of the over 200 girls must be located sooner than later.

Whether those girls are in the Sambisa forest in the North-East of Nigeria or in Cameroun, what we want the government to do is that, the government should as matter of urgency, rescue and reunite the girls with their loved ones. 

No girl child in Nigeria or any other parts of the world should be denied education.

Even the Boko Haram sect cannot stop the girl child education in northern Nigeria or any other parts of Nigeria.

The government should do everything possible within it powers to bring back the over 200 Government Girls College, of Chibok.    

#Bring Back Nigerian School Girls.