The rescue of about 300 women and girls has brought about reactions from various bodies, both national and international. The Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans in Washington has now urged the UN to help Nigeria fight Boko Haram decisively in order to ensure an immediate release of the kidnapped Chibok school girls.
The Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans in Washington DC (CANAN) has urged the United Nations to help Nigeria fight Boko Haram decisively in order to ensure an immediate release of the kidnapped Chibok school girls.
The Christian group which made this plea in a press release by its Executive Director. Mr. Laolu Akande, also encouraged the United Nations system working through several of its agencies not to relent in pursuing more avenues to provide assistance to Nigeria and the neighboring countries where the terror activities have been rampart in the past several years.
The recent rescue of about 200 girls by the Military troop has caused a reaction from CANAN.
The group expressed their joy as almost 300 women and girls and then another 160 women and children had been rescued this week from the Sambisa forest in Northeast.
“CANAN is glad to know that after all the federal government is doing the needful by attacking the stronghold of the terrorists and liberating the women” the statement reads in parts.
The statement further requested that the federal government should be more circumspect in the dissemination of the news considering the raw emotions of the families of abducted children and women.
“Raising hope about the rescue without prompt clarity on the identities of those involved does damage to an already wounded psyche of the families and relatives of the victims. We urge for more caution and care in the management of these matters” it added.
CANAN also raised hope that some of the rescued women might provide insight regarding the fate of others still under the bondage of the terrorists.