ABUJA, Nigeria – An adviser says Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that “everything must be done” to free 276 girls kidnapped by Islamic extremists.
Presidential adviser Reuben Abati told reporters that Jonathan met all night with security service chiefs, officials from the affected Borno state and Chibok town and the principal of the school where the victims were kidnapped.
Some of the girls been forced into “marriage” with their abductors according to a federal senator from the area whose report is unverified. Child marriage is common in northern Nigeria, where it is allowed under Islamic law that clashes with the country’s Western-style constitution.
Nigerians’ outrage at the failure to rescue the students and protest marches last week in Nigeria as well as in New York City have spurred to action Jonathan’s government, which many see as uncaring of the girls’ plight.
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