Chibok, a small town in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria has seized to be an unpopular name as it will go down in history for creating a lot of vibe in the international scenery. If one was to search for international trends, it will be noticed that the Chibok girls hash tag popularly known as #bringbackourgirls will if not be at the top, be at least amongst the top 10.

A lot of vibe has been created and developing stories come up almost regularly. Top news channels like CNN and BBC are not left out as they break their programs in order to provide viewers with developing stories on the matter.
Top celebrities that would have sworn they had not heard of the name “Nigeria” have even contributed their quota by promoting the awareness. Until now, most people abroad unintentionally disregard African countries as they refer to Africa as a single state. But all these have eventually come to an end as Chibok has placed Nigeria on the international map. This development, I must say is very regretful as I would have wanted this grand recognition to come from something more glorious.
Having said all these, I often wonder how these girls in question feel in their forced hideout.
Each morning when I wake up, I wonder what it feels like to wake up in a forest. My imagination grows wider when I think about a gun pointed at me in a place where I know there is no savior.

This is not to be hopeless, but really is there any hope? Being that those insurgents are just random ignorant fellows that don’t mind sacrificing their wretched lives in order to ruin the future of some innocent girls that have barely started their lives.
What could be going on in the minds of the girls? Are they aware that there is a lot of vibe created for their release? Do they still believe that they can see their parents? Would they want to go back to school after all this is over? Have they been molested and raped in the forest? Only they can answer these questions. Only they!

It beats my imagination when people now joke about the situation. Some will say all sorts of rubbish in order to be funny and record some cheer.
Frankly speaking, I won’t blame any of the girls for being mad with life. If they were to apportion blames, who or what should they blame? Is it the military that didn’t secure them? Or the government that is selfish and too political? Should they blame their parents for giving birth to them in Chibok neighborhood? Or should they blame life for producing them at all? Ok! I think they should just go ahead and blame the insurgents. After all, that is the obvious direction everyone’s finger is pointing. I mean, why not?

But what if, just what if this Chibok situation didn’t surface itself, will the country have been a better place? Well, what can I say?
The truth anyway, is for us to remain hopeful as a country that the girls will return safely. We should try to locate the parents of these girls to give them the fortitude to await their children. A whole month away from your child is enough for them to be missed, how much more when they know their children aren’t safe.
The government should take the help the international community is rendering as the local military have proved that they are incapable of solving this mystery.
People should stop making jokes with the situation on social networks.
Let us imagine that we are related to the girls and in every way be supportive. We would be surprised as to how much our little support and prayers can go. I have faith that all this will end well and so should everyone.
THE TRUTH, THEY SAY IS A BITTER PILL; WE MUST SWALLOW TO SURVIVE.

WRITTEN BY: UKADIKE IKECHUKWU
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