Dubai — Though still fearful for her life and the safety of her family, one of the girls who escaped abduction by Boko Haram in Nigeria ...
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Dubai — Though still fearful for her life and the safety of her family, one of the girls who escaped abduction by Boko Haram in Nigeria has appealed to global leaders to intervene and help bring back 195 schoolgirls still being held by the terrorist network.
Next month it will be three years since the Nigerian militants abducted more than 270 girls from the town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria.Last October, the Boko Haram fighters freed 21 of the girls, including one with a baby that triggered global outrage and spurred the social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls.
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| Abducted Girls Speak Out |
"We have to share our story and tell the world about it for the world to know,' the student, using a pseudonym to protect her identity, Sa'a* (20) said at press conference on the sidelines of the two-day Global Education and Skills Forum.
Earlier SAA and another girl, identified as Rachel*, who lost her father and siblings to Boko Haram, told the Forum that the kidnapping of the schoolgirls was a painful episode that the world should not forget.
"The only thing we need to do is to ask the world leaders to bring back the girls. We cannot do anything other than speak out," said SAA, who escaped from the clutches of Boko Haram. She jumped off a moving truck when the group attacked and burnt her school and books in Borno State in April 2014.
Sa'a, who was moved from Nigeria and is currently studying in the United States, said the traumatic ordeal should not be allowed to happen to any student. Her resolve to continue her schooling was the reason she has come out publicly about her experience.
"Every child needs to be educated and to go to school," Sa'a said. "We must never forget this until all the girls are safely back. Next month it will not be three days but three years and they are not back. It is painful."
Sa'a told the conference that after they were abducted and forced at gunpoint into trucks, she decided to jump off a moving truck together with a friend who sustained injuries. They were helped by a shepherd and made their way to safety.
Emmanuel Ogebe is a human rights lawyer and director of the Education Must Continue Initiative, which has assisted child victims and IDPs from conflicts, primary Boko Haram. Most of the victims are in Nigeria and a handful in the United States. - Online Sources
Earlier SAA and another girl, identified as Rachel*, who lost her father and siblings to Boko Haram, told the Forum that the kidnapping of the schoolgirls was a painful episode that the world should not forget.
"The only thing we need to do is to ask the world leaders to bring back the girls. We cannot do anything other than speak out," said SAA, who escaped from the clutches of Boko Haram. She jumped off a moving truck when the group attacked and burnt her school and books in Borno State in April 2014.
Sa'a, who was moved from Nigeria and is currently studying in the United States, said the traumatic ordeal should not be allowed to happen to any student. Her resolve to continue her schooling was the reason she has come out publicly about her experience.
"Every child needs to be educated and to go to school," Sa'a said. "We must never forget this until all the girls are safely back. Next month it will not be three days but three years and they are not back. It is painful."
Sa'a told the conference that after they were abducted and forced at gunpoint into trucks, she decided to jump off a moving truck together with a friend who sustained injuries. They were helped by a shepherd and made their way to safety.
Emmanuel Ogebe is a human rights lawyer and director of the Education Must Continue Initiative, which has assisted child victims and IDPs from conflicts, primary Boko Haram. Most of the victims are in Nigeria and a handful in the United States. - Online Sources
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