Found Chibok girl gives an update on other captives


Amina Nkeki, the first Chibok girl found by a vigilante group on Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon has given a shocking update on other captives held by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

Luck smiled on the teenager (who is now a mother of one) when she went in search for firewood in the forest and was reportedly identified by a civilian fighter who recognized her. She however said “all the Chibok girls are still there in the Sambisa except six of them that have already died.”

Sad development!

Opinion: Where are The Chibok Girls? | By: Debbie Ariyo

It has been almost 20
months since April 2014 when news of the mass kidnap of girls from Government
Secondary School in Chibok, North East Nigeria by terrorists came to light.
This is one of the most mysterious cases of mass disappearance in human history
as the girls, it seems, have just disappeared without a single trace.
Since then, all
efforts to find and rescue the girls have proved abortive. The Nigerian
military so far has not been able to find these girls. International rescue
efforts called in as a result of the worldwide brouhaha generated by the girls’
disappearance has also proved unsuccessful. Since the Chibok girls, hundreds of
other kidnapped villagers including women and children have been found and
rescued and many continued to be rescued. As recently as mid October 2015,
there were reports of about 350 captives being rescued by the military, but not
this group of girls.
More poignantly,
President Buhari, who rode to victory based on his condemnation of the past
government’s seemingly lackadaisical attitude towards this issue seem to have
lost interest. Buhari promised to bring these girls back home as soon as
possible once he gets into power. So far, there are no reports of any efforts
to achieve this goal since his inauguration in May 2015.
No one in Nigeria is
talking about the Chibok girls anymore.
President Buhari and
his government are no longer talking about the Chibok girls or making any
references to them as a government priority. The Nigerian military are no
longer talking about the Chibok girls nor are they providing updates about
rescue efforts. Once in a while, the founders of Bring Back Our Girls campaign
led by Oby Ezekwesili organises meetings at Unity Square in Abuja with a
handful of people attending and then it is silence – until another low key
activity happens – in comparison to the first few months or so when rallies
were held on a daily basis in Abuja and other cities. The Nigerian media are no
longer talking about the Chibok girls – no features, no articles and no
coverage. Even the whole world which was incensed by news of the disappearance
has gone quiet about the Chibok girls.
This turn of events
has left many people bewildered. Questions are being asked about the reality of
Chibok girls with an increasing number of people expressing doubts that girls
were kidnapped in the first place. Cynics go as far as describing the case to
be a politically motivated effort by the then opposition party to discredit the
then government of Goodluck Jonathan. Others claim that girls were kidnapped
but not as many as the numbers being peddled about by the media.
Indeed, this is a most
baffling case. My own issue, having campaigned about this earlier on after the
news broke, held events here in London in partnership with others, including in
the UK House of Parliament, spoken at numerous events and written articles
about this is that, 20 months later, were girls really kidnapped from Chibok
and if yes, how come we haven’t heard anything at all about them in all these
months? If girls were kidnapped from Chibok on the 14th of April 2014, then
when are they coming back home?
The government of
Nigeria cannot continue to keep quiet about this matter. People need to know
what has become of the Chibok girls and what efforts are being made to rescue
them. People also need to know if they will ever be rescued. The girls’ parents
in particular need some form of closure. At the other end, the hard question
also needs to be asked: “Were any girls really kidnapped from Chibok?

Nigerian troops rescue 200 girls & 93 women from Sambisa forest

Nigerian troops today rescued 200 Girls & 93 Women held hostage by members of terrorist sect, Boko Haram from Sambisa forest. The Nigerian Military cannot confirm if they are the missing Chibok girls.

Defence HeadQuarters Nigeria made the announcement on its twitter page:

“FLASH: Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls & 93 women from #Sambisa Forest. We cannot confirm if the #ChibokGirls are in this group /1

— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) April 28, 2015″

Photos from the rememberance march for Chibok Girlsp

A march was held today in Abuja to commemorate the one year abduction of the Chibok school girls by Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Female students from other schools participated in the event. Garbed in red branded tshirts, the girls flaunted placards bearing the names of the missing girls

Opinion: In Memory Of The #ChibokGirls: Who Will #BringBackOurGirls? | By: Ogundana Michael Rotimi

Like a thief that cometh in the night to steal and to kill, the deadly terrorist group, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, which in English means, “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad”, otherwise known as Boko Haram, on the night of 14–15 April 2014, stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok Community, Borno State, Nigeria.
Broke into the school, pretended to be guards, told the girls to get out and come with them. A large number of students, numbering about two hundred and seventy-nine (279) girls were taken away with them in trucks. Possibly into the Konduga area of the Sambisa Forest where they were known to have fortified camps.

Fifty-seven (57) of the girls managed to escape on their own on transits, left with about 219 in the hands of Boko Haram their abductor. Houses in Chibok community were also burnt down in the incident. 
The school had been closed for four weeks prior to the attack due to the deteriorating security situation in the region, but students from multiple schools had been called on to take their physics final exams. These girls were aged 13 to 18 and were in their final year of school.
Tuesday, 14th April 2015, makes it exactly a year since the abduction of these girls. Their singular offence was that they wanted to be educated and pursue their dreams.

One of the saddening part of the incident was; the president did not believe that the girls were abducted for almost 18 days after their abduction was made. Since the president got the information within 24 hours of the act, if he had reacted almost immediately, those girls would have been rescued before they got to their destination.
Rather for the president to spring into actions after receiving briefings about the abduction, he doubted it. He had rather preferred to go dancing in Kano in the name of a rally. That was the most unfortunate aspect of the whole scenario. After that, it took President Jonathan about 20 days before he publicly acknowledged that the abduction actually took place.
That was after both local and international individuals and groups, especially the #BringBackOurGirls group here in Nigeria mounted pressure on him ahead of the World Economic Forum for Africa.
The president first spoke about the abduction in a media chat held 4th May, 2015, where he blamed the parents of the school girls for not giving information about the victims and the incident.
On 17 October 2014, hopes were raised that the over 200 girls left in the hands of Boko Haram their abductor might soon be released after the Nigerian army announced a truce between Boko Haram and government forces.
The announcement coincided with the six-month anniversary of the girls’ abduction and followed a month of negotiations mediated in Saudi Arabia by Chadian president, Idriss Déby.
The announcement was met with doubts, as that was not the first time the Nigerian government had claimed a breakthrough in negotiations with the Islamic militant group – it had to backtrack on a previous announcement in September after saying the girls had been released and were being held in military barracks. This was later found out to be false.
It must be on record, that if not for the relentless efforts of groups like the #BringBackOurGirls group, that kept demanding for the rescue of these girls, the government would not have said anything about their abduction, nothing would have been done about rescuing them and they would have been totally forgotten.
Fortunately, this group has been consistent; they have been humane and have shown affection to the #ChibokGirls, their family and their friends. This group keeps the memory of these girls alive and continues to hold the government responsible for failing to rescue them.
For a year now, we have demanded, we have begged, we have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have pleaded; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored the Presidency to bring down Boko Haram under its feet and #BringBackOurGirls.
Rather, our petitions have been slighted, our remonstrances have produced humiliation and insult, our supplications have been ignored, and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne. We have since indulged in the fond of hope and faith, while we keep demanding for the rescue of our girls.
One thing is clear; we have pledged ourselves never to abandon this glorious course until our demand is meant. We shall keep demanding, for the rescue of our girls until they are finally brought back home.
These girls need to regain their freedom, they need to come back home, they deserve to live their normal lives and they have the right to pursue their dreams. The government must not allow the lives of these girls to be wasted, something has to be done and has to be done fast.
We have hoped that President Goodluck Jonathan would do all within his reach to rescue our girls, but as I write this piece nothing tangible has been done and the Chibok girls are yet to be back home.
And it`s so painful, that even as his tenure is coming to end, the Chibok girls still remain missing worst of it is that we do not have any situation report about their whereabouts and safety. However as Nigeria swears in a new President come 29th May, 2015, who will #BringBackOurGirls? President Jonathan or General Buhari?
Credit: Information Nigeria

Chibok Girls: One year in captivity

Who would have thought the girls would still be in captivity by now? Members of the deadly sect, Boko Haram beseiged the hostel of the Government Day Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria pretending to be guards and at gunpoint abducted over 200 girls who were preparing to write their final Secondary School Certificate Examinations. It was on the night of April 14, 2014. Exactly a year ago.
Needless to say, The past one year has been very traumatic for the girls as well as their families/relatives. And unfortunately about 20 parents have died of heart attack and frustration.

“For nearly 365 nights I have knelt and prayed for their return. We are in one house with four families in a compound. We are almost refugees in our country. Anytime I hear a noise it feels as if Boko Haram is coming for us.” An agonized parent said.
The government’s endless promises have offered not a glimpse of hope. Several campaigns have been launched nationally, protests and meetings held in different parts of the country, the issue has sparked global outcry.
The campaign for the release of the girls has been tagged “The most iconic fight of a freedom struggle.” Till the girls are found, this according to Prof Wole Soyinka will remain an open sore in the conscience of our nation.
Please spare some prayers for the girls and their troubled families.

Chibok Girls NOT Yet Released.

Contrary to reports that some of the abducted Chibok Girls have been released, the missing school children have not. Director of defence information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, who earlier confirmed the news has retracted his statement.

“Yes, we found out that they are not the same girls. They are different,” he said.

The sighted girls who were 34 in number were heading to new schools secured for them in Kaduna with full military escort. They had earlier escaped from Boko haram militants in April.

Some Abducted Chibok Girls Have Reportedly Been Released!

  1. Cheery News! According to reports, some of the Chibok school girls kidnapped by terrorist group, Boko Haram 5months ago have been released. A military source said two Toyota Hiace buses conveying the girls were driven into the Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri this evening. Defence Spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, who confirmed the news said an appropriate statement would be made soon.
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