Malala Yousafzai Criticizes Nigerian Leaders, Says They Failed Chibok Girls

Education advocate, Malala Yousafzai, 17, has bared her feelings concerning the whereabouts of the Chibok girls, one year after their disappearance. In a letter she wrote detailing her experiences as a student in her native Pakistan and her dismal over the chibok saga, she said...

“In my opinion, Nigerian leaders and the international community have not done enough to help you,” she said in a letter to the teenagers, on the eve of the first anniversary of their abduction.

“They must do much more to help secure your release. I am among many people pressuring them to make sure you are freed,” she added, calling the girls “my brave sisters”. Yousafzai’s letter, which she said was “a message of solidarity love and hope”, comes as events, including marches, prayers and vigils, were being held to mark the girls’ 12 months in captivity.

Vanguard reports that. President Jonathan's government has been heavily criticised for his attitude over this incident.

Malala is hopeful and says there were now “reasons for hope and optimism”. “Nigerian forces are re-gaining territory and protecting more schools,” she wrote. “Nigeria’s newly elected president, Muhammadu Buhari, has vowed to make securing your freedom a top priority and promised his government will not tolerate violence against women and girls.”