On Kidnap of School Girls in Nigeria: Enough is Enough

Clad in the cloaks of fact and fiction, the Chibok Girls' Abduction of April, 2014 still lingers in the hearts of child lovers in Nigeria. The 2014 abduction of 214 children took place after the long protracted insurgence within Northeastern region. With different contradictory views, major news agencies in the country have reported different figures of rescued girls. Just while the parents of the victims still nurse their wounds, fresh wounds have just been inflicted on new victims who would not want to keep silence like the ‘old' victims.

It was around 7pm on Monday 19th February, 2018 that the new case of abduction took place at Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Borno State. 105 children got abducted. Till this moment, the children have been in the custody of these faceless sects. Many Nigerians have become ominous for the danger that this cooks up for the nation; vis-a-vis the threats it has on the security of lives of many other children in towns and cities in the state on the one hand, and its general consequence on the education system on the other. This, as it stands, presupposes a threat to the lives of young children, not only in the Northern part of the country alone but also in other regions.

The danger that this holds on the entire world of children and young adults is the reason why we at Global Support for Kids Initiatives (GSK)  have come to decry and protest against the actions of these terrorists and to promptly condemn the failed attempts of the military to get these children back after a week. This is a life-threatening case that can damage the sensibilities of innocent kids within the region and beyond. We know the danger this holds. We know how much of resources it takes to restore a child back to ‘normal' after being affected by such horrible and traumatic situation like this. Many end up being eternal victims of the psychological trauma that comes from losing their confidence to fear and social insecurity. In his reaction, Mr. Opeyemi Olajide Olowookere, the President of Global Support for Kids Initiatives (GSK) remarks that the Nigerian government should take the security of children more serious not only in school but also beyond school environments. Noting further that the Federal government should be responsive to security calls that would help assure guarded lives for kids and young adults in the country.

As much as we try to avoid joining words with political institutions, we have considered this time, the imperatives of getting everyone, both the political and non-political alike into this campaign tagged #EnoughisEnough for us to reach the nooks and crannies of the nation. We are head bent to have this spread to all quarters and institutions in as much as we’ll have our desired results.

Our kids are suffering, #EnoughisEnough

They roam the streets begging for food, #EnoughisEnough

They die of hunger, #EnoughisEnough

Their futures are being mortgage by the corporate failure of institutions, #EnoughisEnough

They are being used as a political tools, #EnoughisEnough

They are being abducted, #EnoughisEnough

They are being killed to settle political scores, #EnoughisEnough



We cannot keep calm and watch our vision and future drift away without an equal action to war against these assailants. For this reason, we re-emphasize our condemnation of this sad occurrence and charge the Nigerian government to bring back our girls without delay.

#EnoughisEnough!!!