Lawan Zanna, the father of a Chibok schoolgirl who has been missing for 10 years, expresses his anger and frustration over the lack of progress in finding the kidnapped girls in Nigeria. The Chibok kidnapping was the first major school abduction in the country, and since then, numerous students have been kidnapped in different regions. Despite the payment of ransoms and government-backed deals, the suspects are rarely arrested.
Not a day goes by without Lawan Zanna remembering his daughter Aisha in prayers. She was among the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped 10 years ago when Islamic extremists broke into their school in northeastern Nigeria ’s Chibok village. “It makes me so angry to talk about it,” said Zanna, 55, whose daughter is among the nearly 100 girls still missing after the 2014 kidnappings that stunned the world and sparked the global #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign.
The Chibok kidnapping was the first major school abduction in the West African nation. Since then, at least 1,400 students have been kidnapped, especially in the conflict-battered northwest and central regions. Most victims were freed only after ransoms were paid or through government-backed deals, but the suspects rarely get arreste
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