ABDUCTED GIRLS: President Jonathan To Visit Chibok On Friday

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday, May 16, visit Chibok for the first time since nearly 300 females students have been abducted from a local school, senior government officials said.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks to the media on the situation in Chibok and the success of the World Economic Forum in Abuja, May 9, 2014

The girls have been kidnapped by the Islamist Boko Haram early morning on April 15.

Some of the girls managed to escape, but the location of about 230 teenagers remains unknown.
Parents have identified 70 girls from a video released by Boko Haram earlier this week.

A screen capture taken from the latest Boko Haram video shows the alleged kidnapped girls dressed in the full-length hijabs and praying in an undisclosed rural location. Credit: AFP

Meanwhile, Jonathan is to take part in a summit on the Boko Haram insurgency organised by the French government in Paris.

Nigerians and people from all over the world have staged countless protests demanding to #BringBackOurGirls. A great number of national and international politicians have joined the campaign.

Michelle Obama has joined the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Credit: @FLOTUS

President Jonathan and Nigerian government are under pressure for their slow response to the horrible abduction of the innocent children.

In fact, only a few federal officials from the FCT have visited the town of Chibok after the girls were kidnapper. The list includes military and service chiefs, the National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki, and the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar.