Four parents of missing Chibok girls are said to have
identified their missing daughters in the video released by Boko Haram
leader, Abubakar Shekau, yesterday. According to Sahara reporters, Mrs
Esther Mutali, one of the mothers of the missing girls say some
parents of the abducted girls in their community have been able to
identify their daughters in the video.
According to Madam Esther, those identified include
two senior students from Askari Uba Secondary School and Wuyo Secondary
School respectively. Both schools are near Chibok. A third girl, whose
name was given as “Abdu Hauwa”, has also been identified by her mother.
The source added that a fourth girl, Adiza Isah, has also been sighted
in the video, making the total of identified girls four. Continue...
A Community leader in Chibok, Allan Manessah, however
says most parents whom he visited in the community were not able to
identify their daughters in the video released yesterday and that he also
visited one of the girls who escaped from the boko haram hideout and
she could not recognize any of the girls in the video. He says his fear
is that the whole video release may be a ploy by Boko Haram leader
to divert attention from the security experts pursuing him for the girls
release.
Meanwhile sources in the Borno state government say the
state government has set up a committee headed by the Chibok Local
Government Chairman to handle the identification of the girls. The
official revealed that the state government plans to assemble
the parents of the abducted girls living in Maiduguri and its
surrounding areas to watch the video at the Government House today to
enable them to identify their daughters.
