Parents of the missing Chibok girls have confirmed that the suspected suicide bomber caught last week in Cameroon by the Cameroonian army is not one of the 219 girls who were abducted by Boko Haram from their secondary school 2years ago.
3 authorized representatives of the parents of the 219 missing Chibok girls arrived the MMF’s offices to viewing photos of the suicide bomber claiming to be one of the missing Chibok girls.
According to women leader of the Chibok Girls Movement, whose children are amongst the kidnapped 219 Chibok girls. The photos of the girl shown to us is not a kidnapped Chibok girl.
The girl was arrested in Cameroon with live explosives strapped on her.
The earlier set of photos showed the girl partially clothed and squatting on the sandy floor within a low cement wall enclosure, which was surrounded by soldiers and some civilians.
“In that same batch, a woman was being carried in the arms of a soldier, with her face swollen and plaster covering different parts of her body. She was also partially clothed.
“In the more recent photos, the young girl was now fully clothed, she stands against a wall and looked into the camera. She is identified as Maryam wakeek. She is 12 years old. She is from Maiduguri but was abducted from Bama when the town was overrun by Boko Haram a year ago.
The woman was also standing upright beside what appeared to be a hospital bed, she was fully clothed too. Her face still appeared swollen .” The 35 year old woman is identified as Aishatu Usman, mother of two.
Mr. Nkeki, Mallam Zana and Mrs. Galang confirmed that the girl and the woman do not fit the description of any of the missing daughters from Chibok.
The MMF has informed the Nigerian government of its willingness to continue to pursue the matter, and is willing to provide the captured girl and woman any support they may require.
Muhammed Oyebode described the girls and women who have been abducted by Boko Haram as “merely victims”, and must be treated as such by the society. “They have already undergone grave violence at the hands of their Boko Haram captors. We must ensure that they are not made to undergo additional violence at the hands of their compatriots.
3 authorized representatives of the parents of the 219 missing Chibok girls arrived the MMF’s offices to viewing photos of the suicide bomber claiming to be one of the missing Chibok girls.
According to women leader of the Chibok Girls Movement, whose children are amongst the kidnapped 219 Chibok girls. The photos of the girl shown to us is not a kidnapped Chibok girl.
The girl was arrested in Cameroon with live explosives strapped on her.
The earlier set of photos showed the girl partially clothed and squatting on the sandy floor within a low cement wall enclosure, which was surrounded by soldiers and some civilians.
“In that same batch, a woman was being carried in the arms of a soldier, with her face swollen and plaster covering different parts of her body. She was also partially clothed.
“In the more recent photos, the young girl was now fully clothed, she stands against a wall and looked into the camera. She is identified as Maryam wakeek. She is 12 years old. She is from Maiduguri but was abducted from Bama when the town was overrun by Boko Haram a year ago.
The woman was also standing upright beside what appeared to be a hospital bed, she was fully clothed too. Her face still appeared swollen .” The 35 year old woman is identified as Aishatu Usman, mother of two.
Mr. Nkeki, Mallam Zana and Mrs. Galang confirmed that the girl and the woman do not fit the description of any of the missing daughters from Chibok.
The MMF has informed the Nigerian government of its willingness to continue to pursue the matter, and is willing to provide the captured girl and woman any support they may require.
Muhammed Oyebode described the girls and women who have been abducted by Boko Haram as “merely victims”, and must be treated as such by the society. “They have already undergone grave violence at the hands of their Boko Haram captors. We must ensure that they are not made to undergo additional violence at the hands of their compatriots.
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