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Last year, Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists offered to free more than 200 young women and girls abducted on April 14, 2014, from their dormitory at Government Girls’ Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State in exchange for the release of militant leaders held by the government.
According to Nigeria's Minister of Information & Culture, Lai Mohammed, the Federal Government has been wary of talks with the militants as previous negotiations failed because officials have been duped into talks with the wrong people. According to him, “We are being extremely careful,” information minister Lai Mohammed said in a statement. “We want to be doubly sure that those we are in touch with are who they claim to be.”
Again, in a video recently released by the insurgents, they said unless the government releases their members who were being detained in Abuja, Lagos and Maiduguri prisons, they won’t release the girls.
Perhaps this is a leeway for the government? Should the government consider the demands of these terrorists? Here are 7 reasons why:
Boko Haram Has Been Consistent in their Demands: Since last year, they've been on the demand of release of their members held in prisons. If these insurgents have been so keen on this demand, we can say they really have no use for the girls. The government should think again on this issue.
FG Seem Not to Have Any Back up Plans: Nigerian government seems not to have any back up plans in to take on these militants. Better advisable the government shame the don't-negotiate with-terrorist ideology and free the young girls in captivity.
Fulfilment of Campaign Promise: One of the major promises of President Buhari before he took over power is to bring back the abducted girls. A year after he got into office, nothing concrete has been done to return the girls to their parents. Exchange of the girls for the detained militants could be a very good way to fulfil his campaign promise.
Rebuilding Process in the North East: President Buhari should should consider swapping these girls for the detained militants because the nefarious activities of these insurgents have shattered lives and properties in the North East. Exchange of the detainees for the girls will form part of the process to rebuild the North East.
Rekindled Hope for the Parents: Watching the recently-released video by the insurgents is a rekindled hope for the parents of the abducted girls that their daughters are still alive. The hope should come alive in the real sense when they re-unite with their parents.
A New Life for the Girls: The girls need new lives. They have been through the most horrific situations that anyone should not be. More so, the appeal of the girls who spoke on behalf of other girls to the Federal Government mean that they can no longer bear the hard life they are subjected to, and that the government should do the needful.
It's Too Long To Be Delayed: It's more than two years that the girls have been whisked off their school. Some of them are dead in captivity. Others have been impregnated, and now baby mamas. It's already delayed than necessary. President Buhari should see the exchange as an avenue to dust the shame othet than allow the girls to languish in captivity for over two years.
According to Nigeria's Minister of Information & Culture, Lai Mohammed, the Federal Government has been wary of talks with the militants as previous negotiations failed because officials have been duped into talks with the wrong people. According to him, “We are being extremely careful,” information minister Lai Mohammed said in a statement. “We want to be doubly sure that those we are in touch with are who they claim to be.”
Again, in a video recently released by the insurgents, they said unless the government releases their members who were being detained in Abuja, Lagos and Maiduguri prisons, they won’t release the girls.
Perhaps this is a leeway for the government? Should the government consider the demands of these terrorists? Here are 7 reasons why:
Boko Haram Has Been Consistent in their Demands: Since last year, they've been on the demand of release of their members held in prisons. If these insurgents have been so keen on this demand, we can say they really have no use for the girls. The government should think again on this issue.
FG Seem Not to Have Any Back up Plans: Nigerian government seems not to have any back up plans in to take on these militants. Better advisable the government shame the don't-negotiate with-terrorist ideology and free the young girls in captivity.
Fulfilment of Campaign Promise: One of the major promises of President Buhari before he took over power is to bring back the abducted girls. A year after he got into office, nothing concrete has been done to return the girls to their parents. Exchange of the girls for the detained militants could be a very good way to fulfil his campaign promise.
Rebuilding Process in the North East: President Buhari should should consider swapping these girls for the detained militants because the nefarious activities of these insurgents have shattered lives and properties in the North East. Exchange of the detainees for the girls will form part of the process to rebuild the North East.
Rekindled Hope for the Parents: Watching the recently-released video by the insurgents is a rekindled hope for the parents of the abducted girls that their daughters are still alive. The hope should come alive in the real sense when they re-unite with their parents.
A New Life for the Girls: The girls need new lives. They have been through the most horrific situations that anyone should not be. More so, the appeal of the girls who spoke on behalf of other girls to the Federal Government mean that they can no longer bear the hard life they are subjected to, and that the government should do the needful.
It's Too Long To Be Delayed: It's more than two years that the girls have been whisked off their school. Some of them are dead in captivity. Others have been impregnated, and now baby mamas. It's already delayed than necessary. President Buhari should see the exchange as an avenue to dust the shame othet than allow the girls to languish in captivity for over two years.