Nigerian journalist, Ahmad
Salkida, who has inside information on the activities of Boko Haram has
revealed that only 15 out of the remaining 113 abducted Chibok schoolgirls are
still alive.
Salkida who made the shocking
revelations in tweets on Saturday said many of the girls have died as a result
of cross fires and bombardments by security forces on the hideouts of Boko
Haram in Sambisa forest.
Eighty-three of the girls were
released last year by the insurgents after negotiation with the Nigerian
government.
The revelation is coming on the
heels of the heels of the activities marking the fourth anniversary of the
abduction of the girls in their school in Chibok by Boko Haram. They were
abducted in the night of April 14, 2014.
Salkida who is based in Dubai
also made it known to all who cares to know that the remaining 15 Chibok
schoolgirls have been married off and are no longer under the control of
Abubakar Shekau but under the control of their husbands. So any meaningful
negotiation for their release will have to be with their husbands who are
unwilling to release their wives.
According to him, they prefer to
die than release their wives.
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Ahmad Salkida, the Dubai-based
Nigerian journalist
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Read Salkida’s tweets below
”Today, my painstaking
investigations on the #Chibokschoolgirls revealed that just a handful of the
113 #ChibokGirls are alive. Many of the girls have died as a result of cross fires
and bombardments of the security forces that no doubt were intent on rescuing
them.
”I regret to state here that only
15 out of the 113 #Chibokgirls are alive today, based on my investigations in
the last 3 months and we have already seen some of them in a video, which I
exclusively obtained and was published on SR website.
”What is the status of the
remaining 15 girls as far as negotiations are concerned? My investigations also
revealed that, they are no longer under the control of #AbubakarShekau. According
to sources, they are now ‘married’ and only their ‘husbands’ can decide their
fates.
”If they are divorced or the men
are killed that is when Shekau’s decision takes precedence, and in this
instance, since the girls have been indoctrinated, their leader has no right to
negotiate for their release, no matter the ransom offered, reliable multiple
sources said.
”It will be unbearable to share
the names of the 15 that are alive here, this is the responsibility of Govt.
When I was involved I regularly provided proof of life. Govt must demand that
to prove me wrong or stop negotiating for many of the girls that don’t exists…
”The secrecy around the condition
of the #ChibokGirls and most recent #DapchiGirls debacle by those involved is
the reason people like me are out of the picture. The fact remains that under
the present circumstances there is NO room for peace settlement.
”The way out for these girls, is
a military rescue or negotiate wt individual captors to release their ‘wives’
in return for some kind of deal, but this will mean death to these fighters bcz
the terror group now sees the girls as part of their own and must be protected.
”How comes there is little or no
information about the girls and both the parents and campaigners are in the
dark? Because, Govt resist independent reporting of the crisis, most of the
reports are choreographed & Nigerians are also not ready to hear the truth
or stand by it.
”Reporting the #LakeChadCrisis is
not just a job for me, Borno is my home, this crisis has affected me too. I’v
invested 13yrs of my 18yrs journalism career to follow this story in a way no
reporter or researcher has done, hence my knowledge of this crisis can’t be
dismissed.
”I’v risked my life and that of
my family in the past and even now, not only to tell the story, but to play the
role of a mediator and fact finder. But as soon as the FG found alternatives,
my sacrifices got an official ridicule and I am being hounded.
”I hold no other intention of
doing this than the need to stir a debate to demand more insights and bring
closure to the parents. The nation must not fail you from rescuing your
daughters and also fail to tell you the truth.”
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