Friday, February fourteenth, the UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.
'Suicide Bomber' held in cameroon not missing Chibok schoolgirl
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Parents
from Chibok community in Borno State have denied a girl held by Cameroonian
authorities, after an aborted suicide bombing mission, is one of 219 missing
female students abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.
The
girl had claimed she was one of the missing school girls, the Cameroonian
government said.
The
Murtala Muhammed Foundation, involved in efforts to identify the girl, said in
a statement on Wednesday that three authorised representatives of the community
confirmed the girl was not one the school girls kidnapped on April 14, 2014.
Read the group's statement signed by Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, its chief
executive.
"On
Wednesday, March 30, three authorised representatives of the parents of the 219
missing Chibok girls arrived the Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) offices from
Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State to view photos of the girl claiming
to be one of the 219 missing students kidnapped by Boko Haram.
"Mr.
Yakubu Nkeki, chairman, Lawan Zana secretary, Mrs. Yana Galang women leader of
the Chibok Girls Movement, all of whose children are amongst the kidnapped 219
Chibok girls were upon their arrival shown photos of the girl who was arrested
along with another woman on Friday March 25th carrying explosives in Limani,
Cameroon.
"A
set of photographs had been sent to the MMF on the evening of Monday 28th of
March by Garba Shehu, Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity. A more recent batch of photos, taken at 2pm on Tuesday 29th of March
was sent to the MMF by Ambassador Hadiza Mustafa, Nigeria's High Commissioner
to Cameroon.
"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, the 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, however, the girl was fully clothed, standing against a wall and looking into the camera. The woman was also standing straight beside what appeared to be a hospital bed, she was fully-clothed. Her face still appeared slightly swollen with dressing on her forehead.
"The
Nigerian government by Tuesday afternoon had already informed the MMF that the
girl has clearly identified herself as Maryam Alhaji Wakeel, 12 years old,
originally from Maiduguri but abducted from Bama when the town was overrun by
Boko Haram a year ago. The woman has identified herself as Aishatu Usman, a
35-year-old mother of two children.
"However
the identification process was still carried out to lay to rest any claims that
the girl is one of the 219 girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok on April
14th 2014. Mr. Nkeki, Mallam Zana and Mrs. Galang have confirmed that the girl
and the woman do not fit the description of any of the missing daughters from
Chibok.
"We
have also made arrangements for other stakeholders to view the photos at the
MMF office in Abuja as we are yet to ascertain how the girl came to describe
herself as one of the missing Chibok girls.
"The identity of the girl notwithstanding, 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.
"These
girls and women are 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.
"Nigerian
government officials have informed the MMF that both Maryam Alhaji Wakeel and
Aishatu Usman have been handed over to the Nigerian military this evening and
are currently on their way back to Nigeria."
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