After Saturday's US secretary of State call on Nigeria's president to step up efforts to find the girls who were kidnapped on April 16th at their school in Chibok, President Jonathan finally speaks about his government's effort to rescue more than 200 girls abducted by the militant group...Boko Haram.
"Wherever these girls are we will get them out", he said.Acknowledging that the official don't know where they are, the president criticized the girls' parents for not cooperating fully with the police.
"what we request is maximum cooperation
from the guardians and parents of
these girls. Because up to this time
they have not been able to come clearly,
to give the police clear identity of
the girls that have yet to return", he said
A cross section of protesters
Meanwhile, there has been protest in the US, London and Nigeria calling for the safe return of the abducted girls to their family. The social media has gained momentum with celebrities such as Mary J Blige offering their support. Education advocate and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl who made a miraculous recovery after being shot in the head by the Taliban, posed in a picture with the #BringBackOurGirls poster.
Malala Yousafzai
Speaking during a visit to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, John Kerry called on the government to bring those responsible to justice...
"The kidnapping of hundreds of children by Boko Haram is an unconscionable crime, and
we will do everything possible
to support the Nigerian government
to return these young women to
their homes and to hold the
perpetrators to justice" he said.
Wailing victim's families.....
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