First, news reporters said that 130 Nigerian school girls were kidnapped but a new figure this week says that 230 school girls were kidnapped and 52 of them have escaped. State officials were the ones to decrease the official number of victims. The confusion was brought upon the military but they withdrew their statement. Why so much confusion and miscommunication over how many school girls were kidnapped?
BBC stated, "Islamist group Boko Haram is suspected to be behind the kidnapping but has not issued any statement." Boko Haram has been linked to over 1,500 deaths in Nigeria this year.
Although the news report is heartbreaking, the worst part is, "It is thought that the militants took the girls to the Sambisa forest near the Cameroonian border. Parents and vigilante group have gone there to help search for the teenage girls." Does the Nigerian government not care about a few hundred school girls, aged 16-18, being kidnapped supposedly by terrorist groups? Perhaps this is a clear insight to their politically unstable and corrupt government.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27101714
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