Initial hopes that the Nigerian army had managed to free some of the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from the town of Chibok in April by terror group Boko Haram were dashed after the army retracted an earlier statement. BBC News reported on Tuesday that the military had initially said that some of the girls were freed, but Army spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade later said that the girls that are in custody are not those from Chibok, as originally thought. The international community has rallied behind the schoolgirls, who were taken by Islamic extremists who said they were going to sell them off as child brides. In July, prayer rallies and vigils across cities marked 100 days since the kidnappings. The intentions of Boko Haram to forcibly Islamize Nigeria through horrific violence are a very serious threat, both to U.S. security and to the citizens of Nigeria, said IRD Religious Liberty Program Director Faith J. H. McDonnell in a statement back then.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:01:53 +0000
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