Chibok parents travel to Cameroon on verification mission

– The presidency confirms several members of the
Chibok community set to depart to Cameroon to verify
the identity of captured female suicide bomber
– Two girls on a suicide mission were intercepted by
the Cameroonian security forces on Friday, March 25.
One of them said she was from Chibok
– Today is the third Easter in captivity for the Boko
Haram hostages from Government Girls Secondary
School Chibok
Garba Shehu, a spokesperson to Nigeria’s President
Muhammadu Buhari, confirmed on Saturday that some of
the Chibok parents would soon be sent to
Cameroon. Senator Aisha Alhassan, the minister of
women affairs, and Ambassador Hadiza Mustapha,
the Nigerian high commissioner in Cameroon, are
engaged in the necessary preparations.
The mission is required to clear the air on the declaration
by one of the child suicide bombers, as the latest
information from Cameroon shows the intercepted girls
are about ten years of age, much younger than the girls
abducted from Chibok on April 14, 2014. It has been also
learnt one of the duo was believed to be heavily drugged
and, therefore, not in full control of her senses.
Eighteen days to two years of abduction remain
The arrested girls may be brought to Yaoundé on Monday,
March 28.
The Murtala Mohammed Foundation offered cooperation
to the Nigerian government. It will sponsor two parents
from Chibok.
Yakubu Nkeki, the chairman of the Parents of the
Abducted Girls from Chibok Association, and Yana
Galang, the group’s women leader, have been selected to
embark on the trip to Cameroon.
The Nigerian High Commission would receive the two and
would facilitate their access to the two girls, once
permission to meet and verify their identity is obtained
from the local authorities.
– B’Haram wife cries out
Two hundred and seventy six schoolgirls were kidnapped
713 days ago by a group of Boko Haram terrorists from
their school in Chibok town, Borno state.
Fifty seven of them managed to escape, while 219 are still
missing. None of the girls have been officially rescued so
far.
The leader of the #BringBackOurGirls movement reacted
to the development