As
I issued a statement today at the Nigerian Embassy on the abducted girls, I
realized from the emotions of the delegates how trivious the subject of
terrorism is, especially to innocent souls such that of school girls under the
detention of the extremist terrorist group - Boko Haram.
Misheck Gondo
The
young girls, who were reported to be taking exams at a secondary school in the
remote northeastern village of Chibok on April 14 when gunmen from
Boko Haram surrounded it, loaded them on to trucks and disappeared.
The movement which
had adopted extremism that does not have any place in Muslim religion is a
shame to humanity. The movement is said to be divided into three factions.
In 2011, Boko
Haram was said to be responsible for at least 450 killings in Nigeria. It was
also reported that they had been responsible for over 620 deaths over the first
6 months of 2009. In the first few years of operations 10,000 people are
reported to have died.
The group became
known internationally following sectarian violence in Nigeria
in July 2009, which left over 1000 people dead. They do not have a clear
structure or evident chain of command.
The group has adopted its official name to be The Group of Al-Sunna for
Preaching and Jihad, which is the English translation of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna
Lidda'awati wal-Jihad and
there are anti- western ideologists.
Africa should join hands to fight such
extremism as the group is now being claimed to be linked to AL QUEDA, any
African state is at risk as the group might fund potential radical opposition
to spearhead their unfounded ideology.
Bring back the girls!!!
Let’s wait and see!
Misheck Gondo is an International Relations Expert
with the University of Zimbabwe
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