At first I thought it was a joke, and then it became reality. Over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped while writing their senior secondary examinations. Why? What did they do? Is it a crime to be learned? Is it a crime to aspire for more? Is it bad to want to contribute to the society apart from just having babies?
Its over 130 days since those girls were abducted and though some tried to escape and came back home to tell their story, it is believed that over 200 of them are still there. What are they going through? Are they eating? Bathing? Sleeping on beds? Being raped? Gosh! I cringe even thinkimg of that. This is not what I will want any mother or father to go through, the fact that you don't know what your child is going through, not knowing whether that child is dead or alive. I still have the hope that these girls will return, yes they will, they may need to go through some form of therapy but they will return. Will they return the same?
The tempo for the "Bring Back Our Girls" protest has died down now. We even had to bring in a colleague from Congo to help us in Abuja for 2 weeks. Those first two months were something else, daily protests, daily coverage, daily walking, from Falomo round about, to Government house, to Alausa, under the sun, under the rain, in the night, early in the morning, just name it.
I still need one more story to cap this, I wait for that day when we will cover the return of these girls.
Fingers crossed!
Its been a while now, can't find all the links to the stories again. Just a few for you.
Click here for link 1
Click here for link 2
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| Photo credit - Seun Sanni |
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| Photo credit - Seun Sanni |
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| Protesters |
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| Printers made brisk business too |
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| The rain never deterred the protesters |
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| Omobaba during the video shoot |
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| Tiwa lent her voice too! Photo credit - Akintunde Akinleye |
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