In the dead of the night,they showed up. This time around,It was in a tiny town in Borno State called Chibok. Their mission was clearly defined and before the cock could crow,the unexpected had happened.
Unlike the Iyanya multiple blast,no life was lost but the country was shook to its foundation at the news that over two hundred girls had been abducted from their hostel by the Islamist terrorist group,Boko Haram.
It is now three weeks and counting,these missing girls are yet to be recovered. More disturbing is the fact that no one knows the precise location where the culprits have taken the girls to.
Though It is heart warming to know that the international community has come to the aid of Nigeria in helping her find the missing girls but how long can the parents of these girls be pacified to await the return of their children?
Just like the ‘free Nelson Mandela’ campaign in the 90s, the #BringBackOurGirls crusade has been massive not just in Nigeria but the world over. But unlike the Great Madiba story which was as a result of the fight for freedom,This is an irony which has done the image of Nigeria no good.
For me, the Government of the day should be fingered for not giving the issue of the abducted Borno school girls the utmost attention it deserves from the onset. So annoying is the fact that it also dilly dallied in accepting assistance from the international community until the situation started getting out of hand.
Now the media is filled with news that the captors have escaped with some of the abducted girls to Chad Republic. This again brings to fore the porous state of our boarders. One is tempted to ask if a country like ours with its military might lacks an aerial surveillance team who could check the activities of the captors especially when it was rumoured that they were hiding in the ‘Sambisa’ forest with the girls.
My thoughts goes out to parents and guardians of the abducted girls. Though there is hope for the sobbing parents that their children may one day return- at least the recently released footage of the abducted girls reciting Quran shows they are still alive- but are our leaders sympathetic enough to address the plight of the highly traumatised parents and guardians of the abducted girls?
Whatever becomes the outcome of this hide and seek game between Government and the captors of the Chibok girls, this #BringBackOurGirls saga will go a long way in revealing to generations unborn the ineptitude of those that ruled their fore fathers and how a group of people soiled the name of the country all in the name of religion.
#Rememberingthechibokgirls
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