Posted: 05/01/2014 at 5:15pm | IP Logged

Outrage Grows over Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

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CBN News

Outrage is growing over the Nigerian governments failure to rescue the more than 200 girls kidnapped two weeks ago.

Many of those girls are now said to have been forced into marriages with the men who took them.

Their parents say the girls are being sold by members of the Boko Haram terrorist network for $12.

As impatience mounts, authorities aren't talking.

"The government has been very lax providing information," activist, Yemi Adamolekun, said. "We hear conflicting information, as of now we don't even know the number of girls, 200, it's 234, it's 219."

Hundreds of people braved heavy rain Thursday to march to the National Assembly, demanding the government do more to find the girls and bring them home.

"The federal government seems to be more concerned with the World Economic Forum because every statement they issue seems to be assuring foreign delegates that there's no problem and Abuja would be safe," Adamolekun said. "How can Abuja be safe when the rest of the country is in mourning?"

One community leader said Boko Haram is demanding a ransom for the release of the girls.

Others believe they've been moved across the border into Cameroon and Chad.

Source: CBN News