NIGERIA AT 66: WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE CELEBRATING?
Happy Independence Day, Nigeria.
Today, we celebrate freedom while our children from Askira remain in captivity. Children whose only offence was going to school. Children whose parents have spent the last 4 months living with a pain no parent should ever have to endure.
How can we celebrate independence when our children are still waiting to be rescued? How can we speak of freedom while innocent Nigerians remain in the hands of kidnappers in Niger, Kaduna and other states?
The most painful part is how quickly we are learning to live with the unacceptable. The news cycle moves on, politicians campaign, celebrations continue, and families are left alone with their agony.
If your children are safe, remember those whose children are not. If you can sleep peacefully tonight, remember the parents who cannot. Their suffering must not become normal simply because it is not happening to us.
Our independence means little to families still waiting for their children to come home.
#bringbornochildrenhome. Rescue every Nigerian in captivity. We cannot celebrate freedom and remain silent about those who have been denied theirs.