Nigeria kidnapped schoolgirls:
will the Nigerian government do
a prisoner swap with Boko
Haram?
Analysis: Nigerian president, Goodluck
Jonathan, has rejected negotiating
prisoner releases with Boko Haram, but it
could be the most viable option to get the
schoolgirls out alive.
The Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan,
insisted last week he would not negotiate, and he
has good reason to want people to take that
statement entirely at face value.
Boko Haram, after all, is one of the most ruthless
terrorist organisations currently in operation on the
planet, and it would damage the reputation of any
government to be seen doing deals with such an
odious group.
The question, though, is whether Mr Jonathan has
any other real option if he wishes to get the
missing schoolgirls back alive.
For all that Britain, America and France have
rushed in with offers of spy planes and intelligence
assets, the search operation is far from guaranteed
to find the girls, who are now most likely split up
into smallish groups and scattered over a vast
area.
Besides, even if any of those groups can be
located, only those who have read too many Andy
McNab novels will think that they can be safely
sprung by a special forces rescue.
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