LWTZE DIRECTOR YEANCAH ADAMU CRITICIZES NIGERIAN KIDNAPPING

LWTZE DIRECTOR YEANCAH ADAMU CRITICIZES NIGERIAN KIDNAPPING

Lady with Zoom Effect LWTZE INC, Director Yeancah Adamu took the rare step of delivering press statement to express outrage over the kidnapping of some 200 girls in Nigeria last month.

She admitted the unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education - grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls.

 Nigeria had notice of Boko Haram attack, says Amnesty Very concept of female education at stake in Nigeria UN threatens action over Nigerian school-girls ‘abduction

Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has said he believed the girls, abducted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram, were still in his country. Militants stormed a secondary school in the village of Chibok, near the Cameroon border, on April 14th, and kidnapped the girls, who were taking exams at the time. Fifty have since escaped, but more than 200 remain with the insurgents. The United States had sent a team of experts to Nigeria to support the government’s response effort, which was earlier criticized for being slow.

LWTZE Director confirmed that the school where the girls were abducted had been closed recently because of terrorist threats, but the girls insisted on coming back to take exams. She says the chibok tragedy is an everyday Occurrence as girls around the world risk their lives to pursue their ambitions, a rampant practice she said must stop.

LWTZE CONVEYS DISAPPROVAL OF THE KIDNAP OF NIGERIAN GIRLS

LWTZE CONVEYS DISAPPROVAL OF THE KIDNAP OF NIGERIAN GIRLS

Lady with the Zoom Effect LWTZE INC strongly condemned the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls, as the organization begins campaign for their rescue.

The swift reaction came after Amnesty International said that Nigeria’s military had been warned of an attack on a school in which more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram Islamists weeks ago, but failed to act for nearly five hours. The Nigerian military denied the allegation and has launched a round-the-clock search for the missing girls.

At least 10 army search teams were trying to track down the girls in the remote far northeast, border guards were on high alert and the air force had so far flown at least 250 sorties. Nigeria is keen to demonstrate that it is finally acting to trace the 223 girls still missing, after three weeks where the teenagers parents and families accused them of inaction and indifference.

But Amnesty’s allegations are likely to heap further pressure on Nigeria’s embattled government and military. The unanimous UN Security Council declaration said the mass kidnappings may amount to crimes against humanity under international law, but made no explicit reference to charges in the International Criminal Court. The 15 members of the council said they would follow the situation and consider appropriate measures to take against Boko Haram. LWTZE urged their immediate release, without conditions.

Up to 200 armed Boko Haram fighters eventually abducted 276 girls at about 11:45 pm after fighting a small number of police and soldiers stationed in the town. Lwtze director Yeancah Adamu described the situation as a gross dereliction of Nigeria’s duty to protect civilians, adding that people remained skeptical for future attacks.

Meanwhile the girl’s kidnap and the threat by Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau in a video that he would sell them as slaves has triggered world outrage and a groundswell of calls for action on social networks. The US team comprises seven military officials from the US Africa regional command AFRICOM, a State Department expert and three FBI personnel, who arrived State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Four others from the State Department and the USAID aid agency had arrive.

Britain has deployed defence ministry personnel, the Foreign Office said, while French diplomatic sources said a small team was also in Abuja and surveillance equipment was being sent. China and Interpol have also pledged expert support for the rescue efforts amid growing international awareness of Nigeria’s Islamist uprising, which has killed thousands since 2009.