Early Tuesday morning a kidnapping took place in Lagos,
Nigeria. The armed kidnappers took
dozens of girls from a state school in the middle of Boko Haram
insurgency. The students had stayed the
night in the school due to exams the next day. Before the men got to the school
they attacked the village and killed a soldier.
It is suspected that the girls were taken to be the kidnappers’ sex
slaves and cooks. Some girls were able
to escape from the men that took them.
The girls were crammed into trucks to transport them. Four girls were able to jump off of the
trucks as they were moving. Other girls
were able to slip away from the men while fulfilling the men’s cooking needs. The girls were told to clean the plates with
leaves. When the girls would go outside
to find the leaves they would flee.
As I have
discussed before on my blogs, kidnapping can be used for many different reasons
from political, personal, to gain awareness, etc. In this specific incident kidnapping was used
to further the sex slave industry.
Nigeria is not the only place that suffers from kidnappings for the sex
slave industry. This is a problem all
over the world, even here in America.
The sex slave industry is a growing problem in the world that needs
special attention in catching those who are involved with this industry. The
movie Taken paints a perfect picture of how harmless kidnappers can look. It is important for all people to be aware of
their surroundings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/world/africa/nigeria-fears-captive-girls-will-be-held-as-sex-slaves.html?ref=kidnapping&_r=0
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