Chibok girls: Pakistani girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzai flies to Nigeria to campaign

Foremost girls’ education campaigner, Malala Yousafzai, 17, is on her way to Nigeria to campaign on behalf of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls by Islamic radical group, Boko Haram, according to reports from Telegraph UK. 

Yousafzai has been a backer of the #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign. Her visit to Nigeria takes place almost three months to the day since the abduction of the girls, who were taken by Boko Haram militants from a boarding school in Chibok, Borno State, on April 14. 

Yousafzai who is expected to arrive Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Sunday will also meet with relatives of the kidnapped girls, she is also expected to seek an audience with President Goodluck Jonathan.
The women’s right campaigner in early May joined the #BringBackOurGirls campaign – which successfully focused international attention on the girls’ plight. Yousafzai posed with a picture on her Twitter feed and described the girls as “sisters”. 

Ms Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban as she boarded her school bus in the valley of Swat, northwest Pakistan after she spoke publicly about girls’ rights to education. 

She was transferred to Britain for hospital treatment, and currently lives in the West Midlands along with her family.
TODAY