Nigeria: Let’s Make A Deal

Back in the Summer there was a crisis that swept the social media sites…..it has since been replaced with the Ebola scare….but in the Summer 200+ school girls were kidnapped by a terrorist militia known as Boko Haram…..think back…it will come to you.

Since their kidnapping and a short social media phenom the r4est of the wold moved on…but back in Nigeria the families of the girls have been putting pressure on the government to do something….even of its wrong……

It seems that something has indeed been done…..

A rep for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says the country has reached a ceasefire deal with extremist group Boko Haram that secures the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in April, CNN reports. “[Boko Haram negotiators] assured that the schoolgirls and all other people in their captivity are all alive and well,” a spokesman said today, according to the AP. What’s still unclear is whether—if the deal really goes through—the girls are being exchanged for militant prisoners. Nigerian authorities had originally said they wouldn’t make such a deal, then seemed to switch course; rumors had been flying up until recently about ongoing negotiations regarding the possibility.

Skeptics still aren’t convinced, Yahoo News reports. They cite previous unkept promises, disbelief that the Boko Haram rep making the negotiations is credible, and the fact that it’s widely believed Jonathan will announce his re-election bid soon—meaning optimistic news like this could help his campaign. Boko Haram has been bombarding Nigeria with its terror tactics—including kidnapping, bombing, and the killing of political leaders—in an effort to force strict Sharia law upon the country’s people, notes CNN.

So far there has been NO real confirmation of this deal….but there is hope and prayers that it is true……

6 thoughts on “Nigeria: Let’s Make A Deal

  1. Yep, the media pop from one earth-shattering crisis to another, and rarely looks back. I bet you could watch the news once a week and still know as much as you needed to know about what was happening, jusat without all the repetition and punditry, which comes with the speculation and distortion.

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