The spate of suicide attacks by young women in Nigeria is an alarming development that deserves the complete and immediate attention of the world. This latest danger to hit Nigeria is arguably the inevitable consequence of the international community’s inexcusable apathy towards the abduction of over 200 school girls in April 2014 by Boko Haram, many of whom are believed to be trained by the terrorist organisation to carry out these attacks.
Irrespective of expert opinions — that these young women are desperate for ‘freedom’ at any cost or are terrorised into committing the attacks — the fact is that it is a shocking indictment of the international indifference that has encouraged Boko Haram to devise increasingly reprehensible methods to pursue its agenda.
The less the political will to tackle Boko Haram, the more it will flourish.
The newly-sworn in Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has said that he will be unsparing in his efforts to eradicate Boko Haram. Let us hope this new political promise will dignify itself by becoming a reality because as Nigeria learnt the painful way, mere good luck does not deliver in politics.
