Praying for daughters safe return from Boko Haram.

[LoricaLady]

Esther Joseph is still waiting for her daughter to come home.

Four years ago, her daughter went to school to take an exam. Boko Haram militants stormed the school, kidnapping more than 230 schoolgirls—including Esther Joseph's daughter.

Some girls managed to escape. Others have managed to flee, or have been freed over the past several years.

Today, many of the girls remain in captivity. Esther Joseph and the rest of the grieving parents can do little but wait, hope and pray for their daughters' safe return.

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[drjean]

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/13/5932...haram-succeeded-again-in-kidnapping-schoolgir

March 13, 20184:25 PM ET

Again.

LIMAN: We are begging them for the sake of God almighty. Return back our daughters for us. We are begging them - please, please and please. That what we need from them.

• March 21, 2018

DAKAR, Senegal — Dozens of schoolgirls from the northern Nigerian community of Dapchi were returned early Wednesday morning, dropped off by the same group of Boko Haram militants who kidnapped them more than a month ago as they offered a stern warning to never go back to school again.


American military officials have said they believe that the faction of Boko Haram responsible for the kidnapping was backed by the Islamic State, which has criticized the kidnapping of Muslim students. The student who is apparently still being held is a Christian. Her fellow captives have told their families that she refused militants who wanted her to convert to Islam.

 

[dzheremi]

Lord have mercy.