some of the escaped girls and their parents after viewing |
Following the release of a video of the kidnapped Chibok girls by Mallam Abubakar
Shekau showing scores of the girls wearing hijabs and reciting the Holy Q’uran,
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima ordered mass production of the video to
be shown to the parents of the abducted girls for identification yesterday.
After the identification exercises,
which Governor Shettima said, yesterday, was on-going, he confirmed that 77 of
the girls have been identified in the video. Addressing the
#BringBackOurGirls campaigners at the Borno State Governor’s Lodge in
Asokoro, Abuja, where he released the names of the girls, he announced that he
would not relent in the efforts to rescue the girls until they were all safely
re-united with their respective families.
According to him, the process of
identification was still on-going and, therefore, expressed optimism that more
of the abducted students could be identified.
He said: “Fifty-four (names of other
23 girls were released later) of the girls in the video have been identified by
their names at an exercise that involved some parents of the girls, fellow
students that included escapees from abduction, some teachers, security men and
some officials of the Borno State Government led by the Chief of Staff to the
Government House, Abubakar Kyari. The parents and students were conveyed to the
Government House in Maiduguri for an open identification exercise.”
Identification exercise
Shettima said the figures of those
identified by their names were rising as the exercise went on at the Government
House in Maiduguri as he was briefed every 30 minutes. Initially, while he was
addressing the BBOG group, 36 names had been identified but before his press
briefing an hour later, the number had risen to 54, which he informed journalists.
Shettima had on Monday directed the
identification exercise to be conducted. Chairman of Chibok Local Government
and other government officials were made to mass-produce the video and play
before parents of the abducted girls, other students, especially those who
escaped from captivity, teachers and management of the school as well as other
community members in Chibok. But after the exercise in Chibok, Governor
Shettima directed another round of verification exercise to be conducted at the
Government House in order to cross check findings so as not to mislead the
public (See names of identified girls).
The second exercise confirmed the
preliminary exercise in Chibok.
The disclosure gave credence to
claims that Boko Haram had been abducting both girls and women in the areas
attacked by the sect in the last four years before the Chibok incident that
gave rise to international outcry, probably due to the large number involved.
The names are currently being
cross-checked with school records as well as names published some days back to
ensure accuracy. The exercise continues at Government House and it is hoped
that more names will be established by parents, students and teachers as well
as management of the affected school.
#BringBackOurGirls campaigners, would
organise a protest today to mark one month of the abduction of the Chibok
girls.
The statement further read: “It’s 30
days since over 200 girls have been abducted by Boko Haram. We call on
Government to do everything in its power to #BringBackOurGirls Alive and NOW.”
Names of identified girls in video
1. Agnes Gafane
2. Saraya Stober
3. Hauwa Bitrus
4. Hajara Isa
5. Naomi Philemon
6. Hauwa Abdu
7. Magaret Yama
8. Shitta Abdu
9. Jummai Muta
10. Ladi Paul
11. Roda Peter
12. Filo Dauda
13. Godiya Bitrus
14.Saratu Tauji
15. Ross Daniel
16.Hauwa Ali
17. Hajara Isa
18.Luba Afga
19.Naomi Luka
20. Saraya Emos Ali
21. Bilkisu Abdullahi
22. Mairama Ali
23. Maryam Ali Maiyanga
24. Deborah Abbas
25. Kabu Mala
26. Halima Ali
27. Yana Bukar
28. Solomi Pugu
29. Lydia Emmar
30. Luba Sanda
31. Saraya Samuel
32. Comfort Habila
33. Rejoice Shanki
34. Gloria Yaga
35. Mary Nkeki
36. Moda Baba
37. Hauwa Isuwa
38. Patience Jacob
39. Ladi Jajel
40. Abigel Bukar
41. Fanta Lawan
42. Zainabu Yaga
43. Aisha Lawan Zanna
44. Dokas Yakubu
45. Kabu Mala
46. Maryama Bashir
47. Hauwa M. Maina
48. Mary G. Dauda
49. Susana Yakubu
50. Maryam Abbas
51. Laraba John
52. Hanatu Nuhu
53. Naomi Bukar
54. Rifkatu Galang
2. Saraya Stober
3. Hauwa Bitrus
4. Hajara Isa
5. Naomi Philemon
6. Hauwa Abdu
7. Magaret Yama
8. Shitta Abdu
9. Jummai Muta
10. Ladi Paul
11. Roda Peter
12. Filo Dauda
13. Godiya Bitrus
14.Saratu Tauji
15. Ross Daniel
16.Hauwa Ali
17. Hajara Isa
18.Luba Afga
19.Naomi Luka
20. Saraya Emos Ali
21. Bilkisu Abdullahi
22. Mairama Ali
23. Maryam Ali Maiyanga
24. Deborah Abbas
25. Kabu Mala
26. Halima Ali
27. Yana Bukar
28. Solomi Pugu
29. Lydia Emmar
30. Luba Sanda
31. Saraya Samuel
32. Comfort Habila
33. Rejoice Shanki
34. Gloria Yaga
35. Mary Nkeki
36. Moda Baba
37. Hauwa Isuwa
38. Patience Jacob
39. Ladi Jajel
40. Abigel Bukar
41. Fanta Lawan
42. Zainabu Yaga
43. Aisha Lawan Zanna
44. Dokas Yakubu
45. Kabu Mala
46. Maryama Bashir
47. Hauwa M. Maina
48. Mary G. Dauda
49. Susana Yakubu
50. Maryam Abbas
51. Laraba John
52. Hanatu Nuhu
53. Naomi Bukar
54. Rifkatu Galang
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