Today, 22 July, marks 100 days since the abduction of almost 300 girls by terrorists from their school dormitory in Chibok, North East Nigeria. Since then, some of the girls managed to escape from their abductors. However, most of them remain in captivity with reports of mass rape, sexual abuse, sex slavery and even death. There has also been news of other abductions, including 90 girls who were taken in a series of attacks in June. The current situation on ground does not offer much hope that a successful effort by the government to rescue all the girls abducted by Boko Haram and to prevent further abductions will occur in the forthcoming 100 days. That the Nigerian government has handled the Chibok issue abysmally is not in doubt. Its initial reaction to reports of the abductions was complete denial. This was followed by claims that the girls had been found and returned to their families. This was a complete untruth as nothing of the sort had happened. The President's wife provided her own drama when she held a 'public meeting' to demonstrate that no girls were abducted and that news of the 'false' abduction was to discredit her husband. The [...]
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