Nigerian Terrorist Crisis

The Middle East and the United States are on high edge this week as investigators try to locate 300 Nigerian girls that were abducted a few days ago. There is not much time due to the fact that these girls could be gone forever in just a few days or weeks. The Boko Haram, the terrorist group that kidnapped the girls have gloated about the abductions and says that they will never be seen again (FOX News). Time will only tell if we find these innocent girls and can we race against the clock to make sure that they all make it home and for them to be healthy when they return.

            Millions of girls across the continent of Africa are abducted every year. Most of them are just normal girls who go to school, work for their family, or even might have a family. The Boko Haram is the main culprit for some of these kidnappings. The girls that are taken from their homes only have a few days or maybe a week before they are sold at auctions to become sex slaves. They do not stay in Africa either, these women are bought for only a few dollars and then distributed to Eastern Europe and Asia. Very few stay on the continent of Africa. This is unlike males who are kidnapped in Africa. Males are summoned to become child soldiers or start working for terrorist groups at very young ages. These women will face very brutal and bad lives and when they are gone they might never be recovered. This is why there is such urgency to find them in a timely manner.

            The United States has been involved for the last few days and not too many leads have shown up across the country of Nigeria. This is why this search must start right away. After about one week of being kidnapped these girls could be anywhere in the world and then it is almost impossible to find their whereabouts. The time is ticking and there is only so much time that investigators can deal with. Now if the girls are found it will be very hard for them to go back to where they once lived and live a good life. If any of the girls get any type of sexual disease they will most likely not marry which will ruin their credibility in their society. Having kids is all that they can do especially in a third world country like Nigeria and they will be looked down upon even though they had no choice.

            The urgency of this matter is very high. Time is almost gone and they have to be found sooner than later. But with very good investigators from the United States we will most likely get to the bottom of this and hopefully bring these young innocent women home to their families.