OVER 190 NIGERIAN GIRLS STILL MISSING

On Monday, a week ago from today, in Abuja, Nigeria, militants stormed a girls dormitory in the middle of the night, where they gathered over 200 girls on to their vehicles and took them to a location still not yet known.

Approximately 190 of the 230 students are still missing, according to a recent report, announced by Principal Asabe Kwambura.

No one seems to know where the girls are, nor have any trace of their whereabouts. This is seemingly not a surprise for Nigerians.

Due to Abuja's location, tucked away near the border with Cameroon, where it's considered a "poor corner" of Nigeria, violent acts such as this is very likely.

It was stated in CNN's article, In Nigeria, the mass abduction of school girls isn't shocking, that "for 11 months, the provinces of borno, Yobe, and Adamawa have been under a state of emergency, due to relentless assaults blamed on Boko Haram."

Nigerians are becoming more upset at the fact that Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has yet to visit the affected region.

Jonathan is said to be from the "Christian South", which not only separates him from this corner of Nigeria  geographically, but also culturally, since the north is more muslim-dominated.

Due to the lack of support from the North, it's believed that Jonathan won't be expressing or showing much interest in the discovery of the girls.


This treatment comes as no surprise to me at all. The absence of a country's leader at a time like this will never be excusable. Regardless of geographic and cultural differences, Nigeria is still one country, ran under one presidency. Situations such as this, only proves the under development of third world countries such as this one.

The separation based on religious preferences, has nothing to do with the girls that were abducted and at this point, finding those girls are suppose to be the only focus of the entire country.

However, if the leader refuses to stress the important and severity of this tragedy, of course the people of Nigeria won't put as much importance on it; especially those who share the same "southern"mentality.

All in all, my heart and prayers go out to the families suffering the loss of their loved ones. No one deserves to endure the pain of not knowing where their daughter is and if she is safe. It would be unfair to them.

The country in it's entirety, need to come together, join forces and put all efforts into looking for these girls. They are innocent and don't need to suffer for the lack of integrity of the supposed leaders of the country.