Salisu Suleiman writes in Jonathan, Politics and the War on Terror - When over 200 secondary school girls, whose parents had been assured of their safety, were brazenly abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, the federal government was quick to condemn the act. As usual, it promised to defeat Boko Haram and rescue the girls. A day later, the military declared that it had freed most of the girls, only to retract the claim two days later. Most of the girls remain missing, forcing understandably desperate parents to join the search. It didn’t take long for a totally different version of the events leading to the large abduction to emerge. According to one report, the Chairman of Chibok local government area received a message two hours earlier, that a convoy of about 20 vehicles driven by suspected Boko Haram members had been sighted heading to the town. Even with limited communications, he managed to reach contact the state police command which mobilized for the challenge... nigeriaintel/2014/04/28/jonathan-politics-and-the-war-on-terror/
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 05:22:17 +0000
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