Dexter Figg
Digital Study Hall

Yet again the civilized world is held to ransom by a band of lunatics armed to the teeth with lethal weapons. And this time they are taking orders from an idiot.

The Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad also known by its Hausa name – Boko Haram – kidnapped 300 girls from their schools in the town of Chibok along the Nigerian border last month, and their leader, Abubaker Shekau, has threatened to sell the girls as slaves. People like Abubakar Shekau have no mission and their vision is only on money and it does not matter where it comes from. They would sell their own mothers and their soles if the price was right – we call them “mercenaries”.

Abubakar Shekau said that the girls should not have been in school in the first place, but rather should get married. “God instructed me to sell them, they are his property and I will carry out his instructions,” Abubakar Shekau has been quoted as saying. Now, the question is, who is going to buy the girls? The same people who armed the Boko Haram?
What man would stoop so low as to hold harmless girls hostage to get his 15 minutes of fame? Or are these “men” just seeking revenge for being born? They are armed to the teeth and oppress a people who have cowered down for centuries. They fight gorilla warfare that includes striking by surprise and from behind, what is more they strike innocent citizens in public places by planting bombs and scurrying away in time to save their own miserable skins – they are not what men are made of, in fact I doubt they are even human.

At the time of writing this, May 23, 2014, the US had sent in it troops to assist in the rescue of the girls, while a few hours earlier on Thursday, May 23, 2014, the United Nations Security Council approved sanctions against Boko Haram, claiming it to be linked to the Islamist terrorist outfit – the Al-Quaida, putting the Boko Haram on the list of the 1267 sanctions already imposed by the UN against similar organizations. These sanctions will hopefully close off important avenues of funding, travel and weapons to Boko Haram, and display global unity against their savage actions which has left thousands dead since 2009. While I do not condone violence, at least the kind the US is capable of, at this time I pray they show no mercy – these people do not deserve a trial in a human court of law. When they donned military uniforms and took up arms they chose to die by the gun, and they should.

Words fail me; I am unable to react. I just want to say, it is high time the world united and fought not only madmen such as Abubakar Shekau, but every sane person should join hands to kill the very thought process of such people. Let’s forget women’s empowerment for a moment and focus on humanity at this time. A small group of lunatics are holding the world at ransom, have mocked each individual’s freedom and they are laughing in our faces and us men and women can do nothing but look on because we never acted on equality when we had the chance – which was generations ago!

Procrastination has destroyed many a man. Let’s seize the opportunity every day gives us to make a small change in our own mindset and only then in that of our neighbors. Speak out against social evils and show the world that you stand for something. If you don’t, you will fall for anything – such as the Boko Haram.

“…the girls should not have been in school in the first place.” Need they say more to prove their insanity!?!