And we take a close look now at the situation, with Carl LeVan, an assistant professor at's American University School of International Service, and Mojubaolu Okome, a professor of African and women's studies at Brooklyn College. And let me start with you, Professor Okome. What can you tell us about the strong feeling about this inside Nigeria? And who is it aimed at, the president, the military, the system as a whole? Many parents are distressed because, if this happens to somebody's child, it affects everybody who is a parent because of the potential that things can spiral out of control. Besides, it's important for the girls to be united with their families. And this situation has dragged on now into three weeks. And there's absolutely no cohesive information. The distrust that people are feeling and a lot of the criticisms are directed against the system as a whole. Well, Carl LeVan, let me ask you about that system, just to frame it for people, context here, sectarian violence going on at the same time as the country is still in a transition to democracy. The transition has been longer and perhaps more painful than I think many Nigerians expected. The country transitioned in May 1999, after almost 17 long years of dictatorship. And there have been several elections since then, most recently in 2011. And the most recent election went pretty well, but the country's also had to overcome some really difficult challenges along the way.
