Recent rescue of 200 girls and 93 women in Sambisa forest revives hopes of desperate members of the Chibok community in Borno State, who plead soldiers to bring Chibok girls back as soon as possible. Meanwhile Bring Back Our Girls campaign activist says recent rescue is not reason for jubilation.
Relatives of Chibok girls hope to see them soon
When Nigerian military announced on Tuesday that troops had rescued some 200 girls and 93 women from the Boko Haram camp in Sambisa forest, there was much hope for the Chibok families that the rescued ones are their daughters, abducted by the Boko Haram militants on April 14, 2014.
However, after it turned out that they are not, members of the Chibok community in Borno State say they still have hope to see their dear daughters soon. The parents and relatives of the Chibok girls said that the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women, who as it turned out were kidnapped in December from Gumsuri village 20 km from Chibok, brought them new hope.
At least their rescue dispelled speculation on issue whether abduction of the Chibok Girls was a true fact.
“It clears the air of initial doubts that the abduction of our daughters was untrue”, told press the spokesman of the Chibok Community, Dr Mannaseh Allen. “It gives credence to the fact that not only Chibok schools girls have been kidnapped by Boko Haram but several others who many people outside Borno were unaware of”, he added. In his opinion, the rescue of girls from Gumsuri village made clear the fact that abductions of girls had been regular Boko Haram practice before and after April 14, 2014, when Chibok girls were kidnapped.
It is believed that many more girls and women abducted by Boko Haram militants might still be unaccounted for.
At the same time, Women for Peace and Security Network group representative and Bring Back Our Girls campaign activist Auwa Biu expressed her doubts whether recent rescue of the 200 girls from Sambisa forest by Nigerian troops should be reason for jubilation. “There is no cause for any jubilation for some of us in the campaigns to bring back our girls”, she told press.
She thinks that the military only used those 200 girls to distract public attention from the fact that the location of abducted Chibok girls is still unknown as well as perspectives of their rescuing. In her opinion the information about recent rescue operation shouldn’t be known to the public before proper investigation was carried out.
Earlier source in Nigerian military, who asked for anonymity, explained that identifying rescued females was a sensitive issue because they were seriously traumatized by experience in the camp of the Boko Haram militants.
Relatives of Chibok girls hope to see them soon
When Nigerian military announced on Tuesday that troops had rescued some 200 girls and 93 women from the Boko Haram camp in Sambisa forest, there was much hope for the Chibok families that the rescued ones are their daughters, abducted by the Boko Haram militants on April 14, 2014.
However, after it turned out that they are not, members of the Chibok community in Borno State say they still have hope to see their dear daughters soon. The parents and relatives of the Chibok girls said that the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women, who as it turned out were kidnapped in December from Gumsuri village 20 km from Chibok, brought them new hope.
At least their rescue dispelled speculation on issue whether abduction of the Chibok Girls was a true fact.
“It clears the air of initial doubts that the abduction of our daughters was untrue”, told press the spokesman of the Chibok Community, Dr Mannaseh Allen. “It gives credence to the fact that not only Chibok schools girls have been kidnapped by Boko Haram but several others who many people outside Borno were unaware of”, he added. In his opinion, the rescue of girls from Gumsuri village made clear the fact that abductions of girls had been regular Boko Haram practice before and after April 14, 2014, when Chibok girls were kidnapped.
It is believed that many more girls and women abducted by Boko Haram militants might still be unaccounted for.
At the same time, Women for Peace and Security Network group representative and Bring Back Our Girls campaign activist Auwa Biu expressed her doubts whether recent rescue of the 200 girls from Sambisa forest by Nigerian troops should be reason for jubilation. “There is no cause for any jubilation for some of us in the campaigns to bring back our girls”, she told press.
She thinks that the military only used those 200 girls to distract public attention from the fact that the location of abducted Chibok girls is still unknown as well as perspectives of their rescuing. In her opinion the information about recent rescue operation shouldn’t be known to the public before proper investigation was carried out.
Earlier source in Nigerian military, who asked for anonymity, explained that identifying rescued females was a sensitive issue because they were seriously traumatized by experience in the camp of the Boko Haram militants.
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