22 May 2014, The Tablet

Resign! You give faith a bad name

by Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

 
The Jesuit provincial of East Africa, himself a Nigerian, writes an open letter of criticism to his country’s president about the plight of the girls abducted by Boko Haram President Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Rock, Abuja, NigeriaDear mr president, Greetings of Peace!It is now over one month since more than 200 young schoolgirls were abducted by an extremist group in Chibok village, Borno State, Nigeria. By any standard, the abduction and continued inhuman detention of these innocent Nigerians counts as a national disaster. It took you three weeks to make a public pronouncement on this calamity and four weeks to announce, and promptly cancel, a visit to Chibok. Even your wife, First Lady Patience Jonathan, tried to hush the lamentations and
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User Comments (1)

Comment by: Jim McCrea
Posted: 22/05/2014 23:56:46

I hope that he can expect some kind of physical protection, or his days most certainly will be numbered.