Amina Ali Nkeki: Sordid plight of Chibok girls still in captivity

With mixed feelings of empathy and compunction, I write this very brief piece to felicitate with the Nigerian government, Nigerians, Chibok Community and International Community on the acclaimed rescue of dear Amina Ali Nkeki, who was seen in the dreaded Sambisa forest; supposedly Boko Haram’s enclave and was reunited with her parents and other Nigerians. […]

With mixed feelings of empathy and compunction, I write this very brief piece to felicitate with the Nigerian government, Nigerians, Chibok Community and International Community on the acclaimed rescue of dear Amina Ali Nkeki, who was seen in the dreaded Sambisa forest; supposedly Boko Haram’s enclave and was reunited with her parents and other Nigerians. This is indeed a landmark development in the quest and mission of government, Nigerians and International Community towards the peaceful rescue of the over 200 abducted Chibok girls two years ago.
Heinous and scary scenes have unfolded in these two years; we may not know the actual story behind the whole saga, at least in this life.
Something has really touched my heart today when I saw the melancholic pictures of Amina Ali. The innocent girl, who was sadly, predated a mother by her alleged Boko Haram abductor as reported in the media, looks riffed and trimmed. The first look you have on Amina leaves you rued and tendered. Nigerians with clemency and lenity became heart-prickled upon seeing Amina Ali today.
Her outright distressed condition quickly reminded me of the other girls who are yet to secure their freedom either through divine intervention as in the case of Amina Ali, or by military offensive against the Boko Haram. Those other girls are definitely grieved and doleful; they must have lost hope of reuniting with their communities and parents. On daily basis, they are afflicted with more pains of harassment, defilement by their predators. Their psyche is tortured and their welfare deprived. Their freedom dictated and their lives severely endangered.
Amina Ali, the lucky girl who obviously appears to be depressed and striken as a result of the two years trauma she is subjected to, is today being celebrated internationally. But her apparent outlook and condition suggest that she is in dire need of counselling and perhaps rehabilitation.
Isah Muhammad Galadima, Sokoto