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Boko
Haram is a radical Islamist movement so-called first by the people in
Maiduguri, Nigeria, where it was formed. Its name broadly translates as
"fake education is forbidden", which has now come to refer specifically
to western education.
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- / Tuesday, May 06, 2014
The Truth About Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls, Exposed
“Bring back our girls”
There was so much confusion that one was even wondering if anyone was kidnapped at all. (A former Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Kema Chikwe, had even drawn the ire of many for asking for the photos of the schoolgirls if indeed they were abducted.) First, we learnt that 200 girls were abducted, then 129, then 16 escaped, then another 14 returned.
So much muddling until the parents association in the school came out to tell the nation that an estimated 270 people were kidnapped out which 39 had found some way of escape. That was one week within which the school, the state government, the military and the Federal Government were beating around the bush.
This Chibok event showed how much Nigerians have no one to care for them explicating the popular saying among the citizens that “everyone for themselves God for us all.” I cannot stop myself from asking why security could be so lax at this school or any school for that matter. And why even as we speak no one has owned up to their negligence in this matter.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram profile
Nigeria's Boko Haram have been labelled a terrorist organisation by the USA but how did they come about and what are they striving for?
Boko Haram is a radical Islamist movement so-called first by the people in
Maiduguri,
Nigeria, where it was formed. Its name broadly translates as "fake
education is forbidden", which has now come to refer specifically to
western education.
Its main aim is to establish a pure Islamic state goverened by Sharia law and
it disputes the current Christian president's leadership.
Boko Haram was founded in 2002 by Muslim cleric Mohammed Yusuf and was
initially concerned with stopping children attending schools it deemed too
westernised.
Many Muslim families sent their children to its school at a religious complex
set up my Yusuf which, over time, became a recruiting ground for soldiers.
Despite the death of Yusuf in 2009, the group has carried out a number of
attacks which have resulted in countless deaths. The USA has labelled it "an
emerging threat" with ties to Al-Quaeda, which Boko Haram denies.
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