Showing posts with label Child Marriage in Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Child Marriage in Nigeria. Show all posts

Monday 11 April 2016

Advocacy Against Wanton Abuse of Women, Children In Nigeria



Written by: Don Okereke (Twitter: @donokereke)

Wanton Abduction of Women, Children By Boko Haram Militants

On the night of April 14-15, 2014, Boko Haram militants brazenly abducted plausibly 276 school girls in one swoop from Government Secondary School Chibok, Borno State. A handful of the girls supposedly wriggled free while a chunk of them are still under Boko Haram’s captivity. Thanks to Social media and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, this atrocious incident generated global awareness and outrage. Nearly two years down the line, the Chibok girls’ abduction has defied the dragnet of Nigeria’s security, intelligence agencies and that of other advanced countries.