Chibok schoolgirls and global concern

The federal government which, constitutionally, is the responsible authority for providing security against both internal and external aggression/invasion, has fallen short of expectations, considering the incessant wanton attacks and killings perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgents in spite of the deployment of security agencies to the hot zones in the North East region. In addition, […]

The federal government which, constitutionally, is the responsible authority for providing security against both internal and external aggression/invasion, has fallen short of expectations, considering the incessant wanton attacks and killings perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgents in spite of the deployment of security agencies to the hot zones in the North East region. In addition, a declaration of state of emergency meant to return normalcy there has been made and extended twice but, regrettably, instead of the insurgency being halted, it has escalated alarmingly, incapacitating the nation’s military might.
The abduction of over 270 schoolgirls in Chibok was the last straw that broke the camel’s back of the boastful “we are on top of the situation” pronouncement of Mr President, asserting the capability of the armed forces in containing the insurgents in the face of its obvious failings, as evidenced by their bloody operations in the past and recently, bombings in Abuja and Jos Terminus Market, etc.
The government’s yielding to the so-called anti-terrorism intervention of the US, France, and Britain to help us fight against the Boko Haram sect and hopefully rescue the nation from the acts of terror eating it up, is a development that has vindicated the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, who once said the insurgents were better armed than our security agencies- a statement of fact that wasn’t only condemned by Mr President, but also earned his anger-induced threat to withdraw the security presence in Borno State.
At this critical stage of our messy security situation, parents of the abducted girls and the world in the spirit of the BringBackOurGirls cause/movement, are in high hopes and expectations that, the presence of US security troops and other foreign intending security assistance, would not only return the abducted girls to their parents, but also end terrorism, and its sponsors/perpetrators be made to answer for the crimes they committed against humanity by the appropriate authority.

Idowu Amos Paul, Yola <[email protected]>;