#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS

It’s over a 100 days since the Chibok girls got abducted and there’s still no clear sign on their whereabouts. This indeed has given lots of Nigerians great concern as some prominent Nigerians have led several campaigns and protest demanding the Federal Government and all security establishments involved in the search and rescue efforts to #BringBackOurGirls safe and alive.

Since the campaigns and protests started, there have been allegations and counter allegations from both the Government and the concerned Nigerians involved in the campaigns. While the FG is saying that the campaigns are being sponsored by the opposition party who the FG claims will stop at nothing to write off the efforts of the Goodluck Ebele led administration, the protesters have accused the FG of lacking the political will to act and rescue the girls.

While all these media bickering has been going on, the Parents of the girls have been suffering from different emotional and psychological trauma which has led to the death of few of the parents and relatives of the girls. Last week the President finally met with the families of the girls and he reassured them of the administration’s commitment to rescue the abducted girls alive. He also promised that the girls will be offered scholarships when they return.

Most Nigerians have expressed frustration with the rather slow pace of the rescue efforts by the military. Just yesterday news broke out that the wife of the Cameroonian Deputy Prime Minister who was abducted on Sunday has been rescued from the Boko Haram insurgents who abducted her by the Cameroonian military. This raised a lot of doubts as to whether or not the Nigerian military is competent enough to curb these insurgents and rescue our girls.

As good citizens we must continue to pray for the safety and timely rescue/release of all the abducted Chibok girls and for an end to the insurgency so we can return to the calm and peaceful country we once lived in.