LONDON – Pakistani born education activist, Malala Yousafzai, has joined other world leaders in pressing for the release of the 200 school girls abducted from Chibok, Nigeria.
Yousafzai, who was shot by Taliban gunmen in 2012 for championing girl child education in Pakistan, made the call in an interview with British press.
“These abducted girls are my sisters and I call on the international community and the government of Nigeria to take action and save my sisters.
“It should be our duty to speak up for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria who are in a difficult situation,” she said.
She added that the best tool to fight extremism was education, especially of girls “and that means ensuring that it is safe to study.
“The greatest threat to militancy in the long run comes not from drones but from girls with schoolbooks,” Yousafzai added.
In the same vein, Nigerians in the UK are billed to stage a protest at the High Commission on Friday.
Many of them told the Europe correspondent of The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the nation’s security challenges called for foreign intervention especially in intelligence gathering (NAN)
