Posted on 03/01/2021 6:38:58 PM PST by marshmallow
Armed militants kidnapped 317 girls from a boarding school early Friday morning in northwest Nigeria following a wave of mass abductions in Africa’s most populous nation.
Nasiru Abdullahi told The Associated Press his daughters, ages 10 and 13, are among the 300 girls abducted from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe.
“It is disappointing that even though the military have a strong presence near the school they were unable to protect the girls,” Abdullahi told the AP. “At this stage, we are only hoping on divine intervention.”
The AP reports that Musa Mustapha, a local resident, said gunmen attacked a nearby military camp and checkpoint to prevent soldiers from defending the school during the hours long raid.
The attack began after 1 a.m. as the militants forced some girls into vehicles while others led by foot into the Rugu forest, which spans hundreds of miles across three states, The Wall Street Journal reported.
An unnamed source told CNN that a police officer was killed in the attack.
UNICEF's Nigeria representative, Peter Hawkins, called on the Nigerian government to make schools safe, expressing anger and sadness at “yet another brutal attack.”
“This is a gross violation of children’s rights and a horrific experience for children to go through — one which could have long-lasting effects on their mental health and well-being,” Hawkins said in a statement. “We utterly condemn the attack and call on those responsible to release the girls immediately and for the government to take steps to ensure their safe release and the safety of all other schoolchildren in Nigeria.”
Human Rights Watch, an organization that exposes human rights abuses worldwide, tweeted HRW Nigeria researcher Anietie Ewang's comment about the attack: “The repeated school abductions in Nigeria’s northwest are a worrying sign that......
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Orange woman and “Dr.” Jill should unleash the hashtags.
#bring back our girls
I will pray for them.
Every girl in that country needs to be armed with an Uzi and plenty of ammunition.
Slavery is still alive in Africa and the main perps are Black
Just need a tweet from Michelle......
The main perpetrators are Muslim. Sex slavery has always been a primary purpose of jihad. It’s not an incidental byproduct; it’s a core objective.
About 10-20 years ago I read that North African Islamics killed over 9 million SubSaharan African Christians in the early 1990's but all that has disappeared down the GOOGLE hole also
Why are Nigerian parents still sending their daughters to Boarding Schools when those same schools cannot protect their students from being kidnapped?
Something is really off here.
The kidnappings have been in the news for over the last five years. Still, no schools have any effective plan of protection?
A cynical person might wonder if some parents are not receiving some (monetary?) benefit for leaving their girls vulnerable.
“Just need a tweet from Michelle......”
She’s very busy with the Shtruggle.
Shtruggling with three mansions to choose from can be so tiring........
in a sane world, those smooth brained mouth breathing knuckle draggers would think they were struck by the hand of God...
This is our future under democrat rule if we willingly give up our 2nd amendment right.
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