Nigeria’s government on Thursday retracted its announcement
that another Chibok girl was free, saying she was not one of the 219 whose
kidnapping more than three years ago caused global outrage.
But Laolu Akande, spokesman for Vice-President Yemi
Osinbajo, later tweeted that the girl was a junior secondary school “student
from Chibok community”.
In a text message to AFP on Thursday, he said the
15-year-old was “not part of the 219”.
Osinbajo is currently deputising for President Muhammadu
Buhari, who is in London on medical leave.
In the Nigerian education system, junior secondary school is
for pupils aged between 10 and 15. The 219 Chibok girls were in their final
year of senior secondary school (SSS3).
The #BringBackOurGirls group, which has been campaigning for
the release of the Chibok girls, also said the girl’s name was not in their
records.
“We’ve perused our list but can’t find the name of the
returnee said to be 1 of our #ChibokGirls,” it said on its Twitter account.
“Whether 1 of our missing #ChibokGirls or not, we are
excited over everyone who regains their freedom & we look forward to all
returning.”
Boko Haram kidnapped 276 students from the Government Girls
Secondary School in the remote town in Borno state on the evening of April 14,
2014.
Fifty-seven escaped in the hours that followed but 219 were
not so lucky.
Since then, 106 girls have been found, rescued or released,
including 82 who were freed earlier this month in a prisoner swap deal for a
number of Boko Haram suspects in custody.
In May 2016, just hours after the first Chibok girl was
found, the military said a second had been rescued.
The girl later turned out to be a younger student at the
same school, who was also kidnapped but not part of the 219.
Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of young women and girls
during its eight-year insurgency to establish a hardline Islamic state in
northeast Nigeria.
Young men and boys have also been forcibly recruited to
fight in the jihadists’ ranks.
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Political liers.nothing like chibok girls.one day U guys will use Una mouths to speak the truth.
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