THE RESCUE OF THE CHIBOK GIRLS:A LOST FIGHT?

THE RESCUE OF THE CHIBOK GIRLS:A LOST FIGHT?

For me it is a capital “NO”, and I hope we will understand the reason why, after reading this write-up.

            First and fore-most, hearing the town named Chibok; does the town ring a bell? Of course yes, thanks to the imbecile act of Terrorist sect (Bokoharam). Is the fight for the Chibok girls rescue a lost fight? If the answer is yes, we are overpowered by fear and the power of fear make man looses hope, the way out is to overcome fear. Nelson Mandela said: “the brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”

            I do not deny the fact that plans by the Nigeria Government to rescue the girls was continuously foiled by the Terrorist sect (BokoHaram). Neither do i fail to believe in hope and patience. Let us imagine it, imagine it my fellow citizens “if we can imagine it, we can achieve it”.

 Reason with me my people the fight is not yet over. Protests by the human right activists in Nigeria sparked a worldwide uproar such as the hash tag #BringBackOurGirls.

            The Bokoharam are confirmed to have setup a camp in the Sambisa Forest where the girls abducted were also kept. The idea of the Nigerian army attacking the forest was stamped out, for the very reason of not harming the Chibok Girls.

            Also in a bid to rescue the Chibok Girls, Nigerians have gone spiritual by organizing many prayer conventions for the rescue of the Chibok Girls. Also the soldiers are not relenting in their efforts despite the inner grumbling of some officials.

            Although the Clocks of the Chibok Girls fate is ticking out, Good shall surely prevail over evil, the opposition parties are not helping the matter at all, as the abduction as been termed  political and this makes them to keep pointing accusing fingers at the Government.

            With all thousands and hundreds of thousands of people engaged in demonstration, there have been no achievements? I resist the urge to believe that this statement is true.

            We imagine, how sad and disappointed the Girls are, the pain and agony they are going through, and not to talk of the State their parents would be in. Those are the negative side of our imagination; we never imagined the freedom of the Chibok Girls, which is the positive side of imagination.

            The recent cease fire agreement between the Nigerian Government and the BokoHaram is a welcomed development on the part of the Chibok Girls rescue. So why say the fight is lost?

            Also in a bid to rescue the Chibok girls, the Nigerian Government sought foreign intervention, such as bringing in intelligence officers from the U.S.A to help in giving intelligence reports, also the guarding of the Cameroonian border by the Cameroon Government, to prevent the Bokoharam from escaping to Cameroon and the intervention of Chad and Niger in combating Bokoharam. The Nigerian Government also bought new ammunitions as they see that their former ammunitions are outdated.

            We should understand that every war will end, this is a Civil war and civil war takes long time to end, because it is an inner fighting. The crushing of the Biafra Government by the Nigerian Government is a testimony that the Majority is bound to overpower the minority.

            I am in total dismay when the bombing incidents that happened in Borno state was said to have been carried out by female suicide bombers and people are pointing at the possibility of the female suicide bombers being the abducted Chibok girls, which is another pointer to the fact that fear and negative imagination as clouded our thinking, if they are brainwashed as we thought, I don’t think there will be any attempt to escape by the Chibok girls, because the some of the Chibok are reported to have escaped.   

The fight for the freedom of the Chibok girls is not over, until it’s finally over, let us reason together this fight is not lost, let us await the freedom of the abducted Girls which is soon to come.

 With joy they will shout Free at last! happy and fulfilled will their parents be and accomplished will the nation be. The fight for their rescue is not yet over! “It always seems impossible until it’s done”. If our mind can conceive it and our heart can believe it, then we will achieve it; the fight for the Chibok Girls rescue.

            I have a dream but I can’t call it a dream, for it is what shall come to reality, it’s not that dreams do not come true but not all do come true. So I will term it “I Have a reality”.

·        I have a reality that the presidential villa will welcome the freed and joyful Chibok girls.

·        I have a reality that the Nigeria forces will be triumphant over the Bokoharam sect.

·        I have a reality that the hash tag #BringBackOurGirls will be changed to #WelcomeBackOurGirls.  

These are our hopes, surely with faith and patience we will churn/carve out hope from the tree of fear and hopelessness.

As I move toward my conclusion, I’m sure you are asking “are these not beautiful lies?” my answer will be “NO”, because these are the Ugly truths. When all hopes are lost, I believe patience regains it.

                                                                                                                  I.A.Jawondo Jr.