Boko Haram's call for the release of imprisoned Islamic terrorists in exchange for the return of some of the 223 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls is only a ploy to bide time to strategize, a U.S.-based expert on Nigerian relations told Baptist Press.
Boko Haram is more concerned with avoiding prosecution than the safety of their imprisoned members, believed to number hundreds, said Adeniyi Ojutiku, a Southern Baptist and co-founder of Lift Up Now, a Christian-based grassroots organization addressing political, economic and social challenges in his homeland Nigeria.
"The reason why they [Boko Haram] are probably just [now] wanting to negotiate … is because they have been cornered," Ojutiku told Baptist Press. "… They just want to play for time, begin to work the system and … get feedback from the Nigerian government side so they know how to strategize." Keep reading
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I have read far too many accounts of the abduction of young Christian girls by Muslim extremists, their forced conversion to Islam, and their brutal rape by their abductors and their forced marriage to Muslims to put much credence in Boko Haram's offer. These girls are never returned to their families. If the world Islamic community did not condone such acts, it would move swiftly to punish those who commit them. Actions speak louder than words. In this case its inaction, to its great shame, is deafening.
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