Critical Analysis on "The Lost Girls"

Recently roughly three-hundred Nigerian school girls were taken from a school by armed men. They are still missing, and many have theories of where the school girls could have gone. Some may think they were sold into slavery or married off, but these thoughts are of those who are pessimistic about the situation, those who believe that Nigeria is not getting the proper aid for finding the girls. The New York Times just released an editorial that explains the whereabouts of the situation, including who is aiding Nigeria in tracking these girls aged eight through twelve. Without aid from other countries the search will be slow and non-aggressive.

Countries in Europe have already sent their own aid to help with the search. The terrorist group Boko Haram has been claimed responsibility for the abduction. Boro Haram has led many terrorist attacks on the Nigerian government and has already caused over 2000 deaths in Nigeria. Recently the leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, released a video explaining why he abducted the girls. He states, “I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah,” perhaps he is intertwining the fact of religion into his abduction. He seems to be pushing at Nigeria’s government, trying to push Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan into searching for the girls. But Jonathan is laid back, he has done little to nothing to help with the search states the author of the editorial. Overall the whole world is taken aback by the terrorist act, and many countries are taking action in searching for these girls.

In my opinion, I do agree with the author (no named editorial), that the country of Nigeria has done literally nothing under Jonathan’s rule, and countries from across the worlds are helping out more than the Nigeria itself.