Monday, 9 July 2007

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Nigeria kidnappers free UK girl

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Nigeria kidnappers free UK girl

I mentioned this the other day and thankfully it has ended quickly and the girl has been released. What I can not understand is that the father is going to stay in Nigeria.

He said he would continue to live in Nigeria for the time being -but that he and his family would probably take a holiday.

"I live here and I work here and I've been in Africa since 1973," he said.

"Just because people get mad, they kidnap the children. It's very worrying but things have got to get better - they can't get worse.

"If it frightens everybody away, the whole country will be empty."


I can not comprehend how a parent can be so blase about what has happened. 'It cant get any worse' it could have easily been a hell of a lot worse and the situation in Nigeria as bad as it is could get worse. No matter how bad things are they can still always go downhill.