Nigeria has become tragically fluent in the choreography of mass abductions. The recent return of the last batch of pupils and teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri in Niger State, followed the familiar script, with headlines assuring the public that no child remained in captivity. Similar stories emerged from Kebbi, where abducted schoolgirls were freed, and from Kwara, where 38 worshippers regained their liberty.
But “released and reunited with their families” is not an ending; it is the opening line of a new and often lonelier
