President Goodluck Jonathan
promised on Monday that more than
200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko
Haram would soon return home,
teenage Pakistani activist Malala
Yousafzai said after meeting him. Malala, who became a global
celebrity after surviving being shot in
the head by the Taliban for
campaigning for girls' education,
was visiting Nigeria to support an
international campaign for the release of the teenage students
abducted in mid-April by the Islamist
insurgent group Boko Haram. "The president promised me ... that
the abducted girls will return to their
homes soon," Malala, who has called
the 219 missing students her
"sisters", told a news conference
after a 45-minute meeting with Jonathan at the presidential villa. The Pakistani teenager, who turned
17 on Saturday, at the weekend met
parents of the schoolgirls snatched
from the northeastern village of
Chibok by Boko Haram militants
fighting to establish an Islamic state in religiously mixed Nigeria. The Nigerian girls' plight triggered
an international #BringBackOurGirls
Twitter campaign supported by
Michelle Obama and Angelina Jolie. This has drawn attention to the war
in Nigeria's northeast, where Boko
Haram, which is inspired by the
Taliban and whose name means
"Western education is sinful", has
killed thousands and abducted hundreds since launching an
uprising in 2009. With the girls still missing three
months after their April 14 kidnap,
Jonathan faces criticism at home and
abroad over the deteriorating
security situation in Africa's leading
oil producer and biggest economy. Nigeria is receiving intelligence and
surveillance assistance from the
United States, Britain, France, Israel
and other allies but has so far shown
little progress in getting the Chibok
girls back or in halting almost daily militant raids. Suspected Boko Haram fighters on
Monday attacked a village on market
day in northeast Nigeria not far from
the Cameroon border, killing at least
five local people and burning homes
and shops, a resident and a security source said. The resident from Ville, near Lassa in
the south of Borno state, Suleiman
Haruna, told Reuters 20 Boko Haram
fighters were killed when local
vigilantes fought back but this could
not be independently confirmed. The Islamist group has often attacked
local rural markets, opening fire on
traders and shoppers. http://m.dailytimes.com.ng/article/7739/missing-girls-to-be-home-soon-jonathan-tells-malala/

we're waiting...but can you define SOON? It's rather ambiguous because in Nigerian English 'soon' does not always carry the sense of urgency as is expected. For instance, a friend tells you he's coming soon and then shows up after 5 hours! Hope we don't have to wait for long...goodluck

Mr president yesterday u told me soon,2day u said soon nd 2moro u wil say soon..soon soon nd now is 2 month! its lyk u dont understand d word soon sir

gej till infinity

We've heard it over n over, n our ears are wide open to hear more

Slow poke, bring them back with with over 200 unwanted pregnancies. Then u will give this girls n their babies NATIONAL AWARDS. Waiting endlessly. WhAt a Country without VALUE for HUMAN LIFE.

AlienfromMars: Slow poke, bring them back with with over 200 unwanted pregnancies. Then u will give this girls n their babies NATIONAL AWARDS. Waiting endlessly. WhAt a Country without VALUE for HUMAN LIFE.

Is it your President that you are referring to as 'Slowpoke'?

eleojo23: we're waiting...but can you define SOON? It's rather ambiguous because in Nigerian English 'soon' does not always carry the sense of urgency as is expected. For instance, a friend tells you he's coming soon and then shows up after 5 hours! Hope we don't have to wait for long...

It may be ambiguous but if you can get the girls earlier we would appreciate it.

GEJ is doing all he can in the present situation. I for instance have emailed Buhari more than 80 letters. He is yet to reply my emails begging him to release the girls if indeed he's holding them against their wish.

Anyway the truth would be out one day. I won't be surprised if we find out in future that these girls were legally married out to the boko boys.

Nawa ooooo! So GEJ don tell lies reach where this small girl dey too?