Bring Back Our girls. Boko Haram, the Nigerian terrorists , abducted 276 girls from a school dormitory , in the middle of the night,on 15 April .
Michelle Obama while condemning the “unconscionable” act, said that she and President Obama had been personally touched by the incident.
“In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters,” said Michelle. “It’s a story we see every day as girls around the world risk their lives to pursue their ambitions,” she further said.
Islamist militant group Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau, claiming full responsibility for the kidnapping has stated their intent to sell the children “in the market.” “I abducted your girls,I will sell them in the market” said the leader.
Boko Haram raided Government Girls Secondary School in the village Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria and then took the girls to a remote border area in trucks.
The apparent inability of the country’s authorities to track down the girls and punish the kidnappers has caused both national and international outrage.
Boko Haram, is seeking to establish a sharia state, with the name translating as ‘Western education is sinful, " has been growing bolder in recent month. The kidnapping occurred the same day as an explosion which killed 75 people on the outskirts of the capital Abuja . The group has been responsible for some 1,500 deaths, so far in this year.
Michelle Obama while condemning the “unconscionable” act, said that she and President Obama had been personally touched by the incident.
“In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters,” said Michelle. “It’s a story we see every day as girls around the world risk their lives to pursue their ambitions,” she further said.
Islamist militant group Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau, claiming full responsibility for the kidnapping has stated their intent to sell the children “in the market.” “I abducted your girls,I will sell them in the market” said the leader.
Boko Haram raided Government Girls Secondary School in the village Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria and then took the girls to a remote border area in trucks.
The apparent inability of the country’s authorities to track down the girls and punish the kidnappers has caused both national and international outrage.
Boko Haram, is seeking to establish a sharia state, with the name translating as ‘Western education is sinful, " has been growing bolder in recent month. The kidnapping occurred the same day as an explosion which killed 75 people on the outskirts of the capital Abuja . The group has been responsible for some 1,500 deaths, so far in this year.
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