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High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in South Africa: Intensify efforts to rescue the abducted girls from Chibok
Sandisile T.
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High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in South Africa
On the night of 16 April 2014 armed members of the terrorist group Boko Haram stormed an all girls school in the north eastern rural Nigerian town of Chibok and forced approximately 276 girls out of bed, into a convoy of trucks and abducted them. At least 223 are still held in captivity and Boko Haram is supposedly trafficking them to militants as sex slaves for about $12 each.
The government of Nigeria needs to take a more forceful stance towards protecting the rights of its citizens. Nigeria has the financial and human resources to put an immediate end to this nightmare. The fact that these girls are still in captivity is a demonstration of a lack of political will on the part of the country's leaders. History will judge Boko Haram harshly for its unconscionable actions but what more the inaction of those who had the means to end this nightmare but did not?
Let it not be said that we sat by and did nothing. We want to see those girls rescued and returned to their families as a matter of urgency.
The government of Nigeria needs to take a more forceful stance towards protecting the rights of its citizens. Nigeria has the financial and human resources to put an immediate end to this nightmare. The fact that these girls are still in captivity is a demonstration of a lack of political will on the part of the country's leaders. History will judge Boko Haram harshly for its unconscionable actions but what more the inaction of those who had the means to end this nightmare but did not?
Let it not be said that we sat by and did nothing. We want to see those girls rescued and returned to their families as a matter of urgency.
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