“The extremists are afraid of books and pens.The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women.The power of the voice of women frightens them.”
- Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan Activist for Female Education)
Sunday, April 14th
marks
5 years
since the abduction of
276 #ChibokGirls.
So far, 164 girls have either escaped, were released or found. However,
112 #ChibokGirls
still remain in captivity.
The federal government did not learn from the abduction of the #ChibokGirls.
Monday, February 19, 2018,
111 secondary school girls, one primary school girl and boy were abducted from Government Girls Science & Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State by a splinter group of Boko Haram. 31 days after, 5 died in captivity, 106 of the girls and the boy were released.
Leah Sharibu
remain in custody because she refused to renounce her faith.
On March 1, 2018, Saifura Ahmed & Hauwa Liman (Red Cross) were abducted and later executed while United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) worker,
Alice Ngaddah
is still in captivity.
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The EiE Nigeria Team