WASHINGTON DC, exactly one year abduction of 276 schoolgirls from a hostel in Chibok, Nigeria. Various attempts were made to find and bring those who managed to escape to America to continue their education.
When 276 schoolgirls abducted Boko Haram April 14, 2014, the sun had not risen in Chibok, Nigeria. By using dozens of trucks, Boko Haram militants come, at gunpoint and herded little girls aged 14 to 18 years into trucks and took them somewhere. At least 56 girls managed to escape by jumping from the trucks and hid in the woods.
"They kidnapped us and burn the whole school. They led us to the vehicles they carry ".
Thanks to the help of an NGO that initiated the program "Education After Escape", most girls who survived it was brought to America to continue their education with a safe.
One of them is Patience Bulus who attended the discussion organized by the VOA in Washington DC on Tuesday (14/04/2015).
Tears appear in her cheeks when a video summary of the news of the kidnapping schoolgirls in Chibok played, including excerpts statement Boko Haram leader, Abu Bakr Shekau, in front of female students that they kidnapped. He can not talk much about what happened.
As if the voice of Patience Bulus, a member of the Democratic faction of the state of Florida, Frederica S. Wilson, vehemently declared the world should not forget this Chibok schoolgirls.
"We should not forget these female students, and to not forget them, it means that we do not forget Nigeria, Boko Haram's not forget, we do not forget the cruelty and suffering that occurred in Nigeria. We also have to press the Nigerian government.
We must deliver on their expectations of us. We need all the international powers - including from US President Barack Obama - who has issued a statement to Muhammadu Buhari when he was elected last week. I also encourage the issuance of the statement being tougher than the Congress, because Buhari has a duty and responsibility to protect the people of Nigeria, " Frederica said
One year after the abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok - Nigeria has never been any news about their whereabouts now. America has sent 80 troops to Chad to help keep track of the female students. Similarly, the neighboring countries of Nigeria.
The new President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, promised to make any effort to find them.
Amnesty International said in fact in addition to the 276 student Chibok, it has been more than two thousand women and girls were abducted by Boko Haram since 2014. They not only prohibited in school, but also forced to mate with members of the terrorist group, used as human shields or trained become a suicide attacker.
In order to encourage the public's attention on the issue of kidnapping schoolgirls Chibok, Nigeria, several members of the US Congress will hold a meeting open to the public in front of the Congress this week.
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