the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai, is expected to be in
Nigeria to campaign for the release of the
schoolgirls abducted by the dreaded Boko
Haram terrorist group.
Seventeen-year-old Malala, who was an early
backer of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, is
due in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on Sunday. In
addition to meeting relatives of the kidnapped
girls, she is expected to seek an audience with
President Goodluck Jonathan in Aso Rock.
Her visit to Nigeria takes place almost three
months after the abduction of the girls, who
were kidnapped from their school by Boko
Haram agents in Chibok, in north-east Borno
State, on April 14.
The presence of such a high-profile women's
rights campaigner may add to pressure on
Nigerian government, which was accused in the
early days of the kidnapping of not doing
enough to resolve it.
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