Most Girls in Video Released By Boko Haram Are Not from Chibok – CNN
Category: Boko Haram News
CNN has reported that not all the
girls that were seen in the new video released by the leader of Boko Haram sect, were abducted from Chibok last month.
According to report, no parents have
confirmed any of the girls on the video released as their children or ward; it
was some relatives that had come forward to identify some of the girls, who
they said have been missing for close to two years and not those who were
recently abducted in April.
Meanwhile the Borno State Governor said
that the purported video in question is being investigated to know how genuine
it is.
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The local governor says they're all from the Chibok
boarding school raided by Boko Haram militants April 14. But some relatives say
they don't see their daughters in the video, and believe some of the girls were
taken in earlier abductions.
A spokesman for the Borno governor said parents, students
and teachers have now identified 77 of the girls shown in the video, released
Monday by Agence France-Presse, a French news agency.
"Remember, I also said that on face value, all
the girls in the video are believed to part of the abducted girls, but Governor
(Kashim) Shettima has insisted that the names of all the girls in the video be
established and compared with school and security records," spokesman Isa
Gusau said Tuesday.
"The comparison will be done tomorrow as (the)
identification exercise continues through the night until every person in that
video is named," said Gusau.
Earlier, Shettima had said that relatives had
identified just 54 of the girls. Shettima said he met with families of the
kidnapped girls earlier Tuesday in Borno state's capital, Maiduguri, at which
time the families identified some of their girls.
Shettima said the others also attended the school,
but he did not explain how he knew that.
CNN has not yet received confirmation from any
parents that their daughters were among the girls shown in the video.
Some relatives also told CNN that more than 50
parents of girls abducted last month watched the videos in the Mbalala district
and also in Chibok, and didn't see any of their daughters in the crowd.
That's not necessarily surprising -- the video shows
about 100 girls, not the full 276 abducted from Chibok by BokoHaram.
But the relatives interviewed by CNN -- an uncle of
one of the girls who escaped and the parents of two missing girls -- said they
believe the video also shows some girls abducted as much as two years ago.
The confusion is significant because the video had
been hailed as proof that at least some girls in the Chibok abduction -- the
object of international search efforts -- were alive and well. Such proof would
be a crucial part of any possible negotiations that could lead to the release
of the girls.
"I think we've got to be realistic," CNN
analyst Frances Townsend said Tuesday on "New Day." "Even in a
negotiation, because of the large number of captives, you are unlikely to
return all approximately 300 girls to their families and reunite them healthy,
safe and well."
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