Hafsat Abiola, daughter of late business man/politician, MKO Abiola who is a human rights, civil rights and democracy activist, founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) penned down this open letter to GEJ below…


Dear President,
As young global leaders we would like to express our deep concern about the recent situations in Nigeria.
The massacre in Baga has been Boko Haram’s deadliest so far and what has it met with? Your silence. Most disturbing still is the fact that you would send a message to France condemning the killings there, yet seem unable to address the Nigerian people who look to you for leadership. Unfortunately, it would not be the first time


On 10 November 2014 a suicide bomber killed 47 people and injured 79 others. The following day, with barely a mention of this horrific incident targeting children, you launched your re-election campaign.

And despite the ease with which you move on, even you will remember the abduction of the schoolgirls in Chibok in April last year. It was 40 days before you addressed the country on that occasion. Nigerians waited, perplexed, as your government debated whether or not the abductions had even taken place. As a result, of all the girls captured, only 52 have secured their freedom – escaping on their own. The rest are still in captivity, still waiting to be rescued, 276 days after being taken from their friends, family and community.

Could it be that your government also doubts that the Baga attacks happened? Amnesty International’s satellite images confirm that indeed a massacre took place, and as many as 2000 people are dead. Yet your army wastes time contesting the numbers.

Whether 150 or 2000, we’d like to hear from you on your governments plans to secure the region and to bear witness to the loss of lives in Baga. We have seen a clear incompetency in handling matters of national interest. In the context of existing ethnic and religious fault lines, silence only says that Nigeria’s government does not care about the victims and is not dealing with the insurgency.
True the global community has also failed to maintain pressure on your government that seems ambivalent about fulfilling its constitutional role to secure the lives and properties of its citizens.

As 1.5 million Nigerians flee their homes, swelling camps within Nigeria and overwhelming border communities’ (if not same as before), it seems the only hope to see you act is global outrage. It was this that finally forced you to address the nation and the world 40 days after the Chibok abductions. It was only then that you reached out to other countries and, with their help, agree a plan for a regional security force to secure the porous borders between Nigeria, Niger and Chad where Boko Haram roams undeterred.

Perhaps, had international pressure been sustained last year, a multi-regional force would have been based in Baga as planned. Perhaps it would have been strong enough to repel Boko Haram when the militants attacked on 3 January. Perhaps 2000 lives could have been saved.

But Isis happened and the world moved on, leaving a small national military unit to stand between thousands of armed militants and a town of ten thousand people. We now know what happened. The world has seen pictures of bodies still strewn around the forest and river where they died.

If these deaths do not generate the attention, outcry and action that they ought to, we can only prepare the ground for more bodies because Boko Haram shows no sign of relenting. The insurgents can be defeated but first you must decide if the lives of Nigerians are worth it or not.

Break the silence, Mr. President. Call for global attention and support to avert a crisis that begins to echo the early days of the Rwandan genocide. Be the voice for the thousands of innocent people who have died and the millions who yearn for peace. They have the right to rebuild their communities and claim their place in the unfolding rise of the African continent.

Hafsat Abiola-Costello
Founder/President Kudirat Initiative for democracy
Nigeria

Co-Signatories
Arnaud Ventura, France
Bjarte Reve, Norway
Binta Niambi Brown, USA
Erik Charas, Mozambique
Funmi Iyanda, Nigeria
Georgie Bernadette, USA
Jacqueline Musiitwa, Zambia
Loulwa Bakr, Saudi Arabia
Leo Shlesinger, Chile
Marieme Jamme, Senegal
Mark Turrell, Germany
Rossana Figuera, USA
Salim Amin, Kenya
Soulaima Gourani, Denmark
Susan Mashibe, Tanzania
Tara Fela Durotoye, Nigeria

http://www.gistfactory.com/2015/01/read-hafsat-abiolas-open-letter-nigerian-president.html

Our president don chop cockroach and agama lizard for not see Anything to do with it

even his followers don chop bed dug


buhari for peaceful Nigeria

. We have a misfortune/unfortunate man as President.It is a Waste of time writing a renowned confusionist man a letter,he doesn't give a damn whether 12 die or not.He's busy dancing Shoki to Otuoke.Vote out the useless man outa Aso rock.BUHARI on Point

Kudirat the problem is it's political

GEJ was trying and even Hilary Clinton tried to stop him by not giving Boko Haram proper designation and saying Jonathan was violating their rights

The Northern elders and APC propaganda machine headed by David Axelrod (USA) a close buddy of Obama said Jonathan and Ihejirika were committing genocide when he was killing them.

They use the media to yoyo the minds of Nigerians and the international community. They are looking for a way to divide Nigeria because it helps their country's economy as defense spending will be up. They also want the precious resources in the North and it would be easier to break stability in the region and then mine the resources like Libyan oil unchecked and at even more corrupt levels than if they had to deal with a Nigerian FG.

The Northern leaders are in support as they would directly benefit whilst their people continiebto be the pawns they have always been and eat crumbs and be sold as sacrificial lambs to suicide bomb fashion designers.

It is a terrible fate. We must rally round our President instead of cowering to the born to rule mentality.


I support GEJ.

^^^^^^

pathetic

Its a pity Hafsat Abiola wrote this.First what have she said about Shettima the governor who despite all instructions to move chibok girls out of chibok for exams refused to do so, nothing. Does she know that apc an arm of Abacha organ that ended up your father's life is responsible for the carnage in the NE and Baga in partiular? Does Abiola know that the aim of apc and sponsors of insurgence in d north is to prevent Jonathan from recontesting? Does it occur to Abiola's daughter that 3/4of nigerias budget is being spent on refugees in d north,hence other critical infrastructures suffer neglect?Has it occur to same Abiola tha 1million naira each given to each family of chibok girls is settlement for collaboration?why haven you written or ask question on that.Abiola, it is a case of the more you see d less yu understand.Do not follow d misguided in rubishing all ur president has been doing to take nigeria forward despite,d,activities of d born to rule to set us back.Focus on yr president achievement and judge

Mrs Abiola don't involve yourself in a matter beyond you.

BH is just an instrument of chaos to get power at all cost

Please focus your energy on other profitable things.

omolami:
Its a pity Hafsat Abiola wrote this.First what have she said about Shettima the governor who despite all instructions to move chibok girls out of chibok for exams refused to do so, nothing. Does she know that apc an arm of Abacha organ that ended up your father's life is responsible for the carnage in the NE and Baga in partiular? Does Abiola know that the aim of apc and sponsors of insurgence in d north is to prevent Jonathan from recontesting? Does it occur to Abiola's daughter that 3/4of nigerias budget is being spent on refugees in d north,hence other critical infrastructures suffer neglect?Has it occur to same Abiola tha 1million naira each given to each family of chibok girls is settlement for collaboration?why haven you written or ask question on that.Abiola, it is a case of the more you see d less yu understand.Do not follow d misguided in rubishing all ur president has been doing to take nigeria forward despite,d,activities of d born to rule to set us back.Focus on yr president achievement and judge

Bros Aha!!! You just dey lie dey go sha.....you no even think of applying small brake....

Waste of oxygen is occupying AsoRock. Even his followers cannot see beyond their accumulated hatred and vengeance against a particular region. The President is very WEAK by nature, choice and Strategy. As we speak now Chad is preparing an invasion of Nigeria.....and why not?. Is there a president in Nigeria?.. They have mapped psychologically profile of the President and the military top brass and they see a collection of corrupt I****s. I think this letter from Hafsat is wasted. Wait till after the elections, if #=!+= is still president then direct it to Shekau III, you have more hope of getting things done then.

scribble:
Kudirat the problem is it's political

GEJ was trying and even Hilary Clinton tried to stop him by not giving Boko Haram proper designation and saying Jonathan was violating their rights

The Northern elders and APC propaganda machine headed by David Axelrod (USA) a close buddy of Obama said Jonathan and Ihejirika were committing genocide when he was killing them.

They use the media to yoyo the minds of Nigerians and the international community. They are looking for a way to divide Nigeria because it helps their country's economy as defense spending will be up. They also want the precious resources in the North and it would be easier to break stability in the region and then mine the resources like Libyan oil unchecked and at even more corrupt levels than if they had to deal with a Nigerian FG.

The Northern leaders are in support as they would directly benefit whilst their people continiebto be the pawns they have always been and eat crumbs and be sold as sacrificial lambs to suicide bomb fashion designers.

It is a terrible fate. We must rally round our President instead of cowering to the born to rule mentality.


I support GEJ.

Gross waste of NL page. Rubbish. Your response holds no ground.

scribble:
Kudirat the problem is it's political

GEJ was trying and even Hilary Clinton tried to stop him by not giving Boko Haram proper designation and saying Jonathan was violating their rights

The Northern elders and APC propaganda machine headed by David Axelrod (USA) a close buddy of Obama said Jonathan and Ihejirika were committing genocide when he was killing them.

They use the media to yoyo the minds of Nigerians and the international community. They are looking for a way to divide Nigeria because it helps their country's economy as defense spending will be up. They also want the precious resources in the North and it would be easier to break stability in the region and then mine the resources like Libyan oil unchecked and at even more corrupt levels than if they had to deal with a Nigerian FG.

The Northern leaders are in support as they would directly benefit whilst their people continiebto be the pawns they have always been and eat crumbs and be sold as sacrificial lambs to suicide bomb fashion designers.

It is a terrible fate. We must rally round our President instead of cowering to the born to rule mentality.


I support GEJ.

All these inflammatory accusations are just to find excuses for a man unprepared for leadership. Everyone is to blame except the commander in chief. This argument works on many people because prevailing iq is low. Political consultants work for both sides of Nigeria's political divide. If APC grabbed Axelrod, maybe it was because they were faster. Jonathan has spent billions on foreign (US) PR consultants and advisers maybe twice more than the opposition so there is no point there. Also the US and most governments don't like Jonathan, that is not an entirely bad thing. People like him are so lacking in leadership skills that they always destabilize wherever they govern. Another dingbat we have in Africa is in Congo (Zaire). The west is always wary of these kind of countries and that is why the Nigerian govt is on partial embargo as we speak.

Adminisher:


All these inflammatory accusations are just to find excuses for a man unprepared for leadership. Everyone is to blame except the commander in chief. This argument works on many people because prevailing iq is low. Political consultants work for both sides of Nigeria's political divide. If APC grabbed Axelrod, maybe it was because they were faster. Jonathan has spent billions on foreign (US) PR consultants and advisers maybe twice more than the opposition so there is no point there. Also the US and most governments don't like Jonathan, that is not an entirely bad thing. People like him are so lacking in leadership skills that they always destabilize wherever they govern. Another dingbat we have in Africa is in Congo (Zaire). The west is always wary of these kind of countries and that is why the Nigerian govt is on partial embargo as we speak.

What a cool story?

YOu lost me when you began to insinuate the US wants strong leadership in Africa

Ghaddafi was a strong African leader. He is R.I.P

America looks after economic interests first

That thing you talk, no talk am near anybody with an IQ over 0.0005 because their bullsh*t detector will malfunction

Jonathan is showing leadership where leadership is being allowed to be demonstrated and where they have made it ungovernable then it remains so but not at the behest of the clueless one but the ones that act stubborn.

If your wife says I will make myself "ungovernable" for you. As a wise husband just jeje call your divorce lawyer.

But you must not leave your assets for the wife, you can protect them.

omolami:
Its a pity Hafsat Abiola wrote this.First what have she said about Shettima the governor who despite all instructions to move chibok girls out of chibok for exams refused to do so, nothing. Does she know that apc an arm of Abacha organ that ended up your father's life is responsible for the carnage in the NE and Baga in partiular? Does Abiola know that the aim of apc and sponsors of insurgence in d north is to prevent Jonathan from recontesting? Does it occur to Abiola's daughter that 3/4of nigerias budget is being spent on refugees in d north,hence other critical infrastructures suffer neglect?Has it occur to same Abiola tha 1million naira each given to each family of chibok girls is settlement for collaboration?why haven you written or ask question on that.Abiola, it is a case of the more you see d less yu understand.Do not follow d misguided in rubishing all ur president has been doing to take nigeria forward despite,d,activities of d born to rule to set us back.Focus on yr president achievement and judge

Tomorrow is Sunday, please go for confession. Your lies are too many. Do you know what a Nigerian budget looks like? Ignorance is sometimes a disease.

#change
#GMB
#APC

Everybody wants to b heard.
Freedom of speech..smh

omolami:
Its a pity Hafsat Abiola wrote this.First what have she said about Shettima the governor who despite all instructions to move chibok girls out of chibok for exams refused to do so, nothing. Does she know that apc an arm of Abacha organ that ended up your father's life is responsible for the carnage in the NE and Baga in partiular? Does Abiola know that the aim of apc and sponsors of insurgence in d north is to prevent Jonathan from recontesting? Does it occur to Abiola's daughter that 3/4of nigerias budget is being spent on refugees in d north,hence other critical infrastructures suffer neglect?Has it occur to same Abiola tha 1million naira each given to each family of chibok girls is settlement for collaboration?why haven you written or ask question on that.Abiola, it is a case of the more you see d less yu understand.Do not follow d misguided in rubishing all ur president has been doing to take nigeria forward despite,d,activities of d born to rule to set us back.Focus on yr president achievement and judge

The dullest thing I have read since kindergarten. Did an adult seriously write this? Jeez!

but who are those boko harams? are they not notherners? please allow them to kill their fellow notherners it does not matter as nothern elders are in surport of them if NA kill them it will be problem, or are you telling me that those villagers don't know all of them?

nzeadachie:
but who are those boko harams? are they not notherners? please allow them to kill their fellow notherners it does not matter as nothern elders are in surport of them if NA kill them it will be problem, or are you telling me that those villagers don't know all of them?

They are Nigerians and Goodluck Jonathan's primary duty as the President is to protect the lives and property of Nigerians. Northern elders do not have defense budget. Northern elders cannot command officers of the military. Ask Jonathan to grow some cojones.

Naija too big pass gej..

bokohalal:

They are Nigerians and Goodluck Jonathan's primary duty as the President is to protect the lives and property of Nigerians. Northern elders do not have defense budget. Northern elders cannot command officers of the military. Ask Jonathan to grow some cojones.

and goodluck's duty to carry gun to bama too, what effort are they making is it only goodluck's duty?