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Nigeria: 57 Chibok Girls Seen in Cameroon - Parents |
2018-10-30 |
[All Africa] Fifty-seven Chibok school girls being held by Boko Haram![]() have been sighted in two villages in Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , parents of the kidnapped girls told Daily Trust on Sunday yesterday. The girls were seen by other female captives who at different times were kept by the Nkenke said the girls who escaped and returned to their village near Chibok, disclosed that the 57 girls were broken into two groups and held in Garin Magaji and Garin Mallam villages located in Marwa in northern Cameroon. According to him, all the girls were married off to Boko Haram fighters across the border and many of them had children. ![]() "Seven of the kidnapped Chibok girls are living in Garin Magaji, while 50 others are held in Garin Mallam where they live with their husbands and children," he added. Nkenke said testimonies from parents as well as records in the association's register matched the names of the girls mentioned by the escapees. Calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to collaborate with his Cameroonian counterpart to rescue the girls, Nkenke said he believed the military had got the information when they screened the escapees in Bama five months ago. The Chibok leader noted that the information had thrown Chibok community into confusion and grief as parents expected the authorities to swing into action. Daily Trust had reported on Friday that 25 parents of the kidnapped girls have died. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... Nkenke reiterated that the parents remained grateful to the federal government under Buhari, for negotiating the release of 112 girls and rescuing four others. "Following the visit to Dapchi town by a federal government delegation to meet the parents of Leah Sharibu, the only remaining Dapchi school girl in Boko Haram captivity, the parents of more than 100 Chibok girls still with the |
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