The Nigerian government is wasting no time in sending parents from the Chibok community of northeast Nigeria to neighbouring Cameroon to verify whether a suspected female suicide bomber is one of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram nearly two years ago.

And the need for urgency is further underscored by the fact that the would be bomber speaks English, Kanuri and Hausa and told interrogators she was attending school in Chibok before she was captured, according to local newspaper, L’oeil du Sahel.

Garba Shehu, spokesperson for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, said the Nigerian High Commissioner in Cameroon, Hadiza Mustapha, has been in contact with Cameroonian authorities who have shown a willingness to assist the Nigerian government.

The abduction of about 270 school girls by Islamic militants from a school in Chibok on April 14, 2014, sparked international outrage and a campaign #bringbackourgirls. While about 50 of the girls managed to escape, 219 of these girls remain missing.

Military and local government sources on Friday reported that one of two girls arrested in northern Cameroon carrying explosives claimed to be one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls.

The girls were arrested after being stopped by local self-defence forces in Limani near the border with Nigeria that has been the target of frequent suicide bombings in recent months.

“We hope that the Chibok parents will be able to identify the girl and determine whether she is indeed one of their missing students,” Shehu told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview in Abuja on Saturday.

Shehu said the government was keen to ascertain the girl’s identity so she can be brought back to Nigeria and possibly assist the government in investigations regarding the fate and whereabouts of the other missing Chibok girls.

He said the two parents from Chibok selected to embark on the trip to Cameroon are Yakubu Nkeki, chairman of the Chibok Abducted Girls Movement, and Yana Galang, the group’s women leader, whose 16-year-old daughter Rifkatu is among the missing.

The trip is being arranged by the government in partnership with the Murtala Muhammed Foundation in Nigeria, a non-government organisation which has been supporting the parents association and has offered to partly sponsor the trip to avoid any delays.

“If it is true, we are very happy about it. If we see her with our eyes, we will know where our girls are,” Galang told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Shehu said the two girls will be brought by the Cameroonian government to Douala, the country’s largest city, on Monday for further checks into their identities.

Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan was criticized for his slow reaction to the Chibok abductions, seen by many as indicative of his response to Boko Haram, which at its strongest held large swathes of northeastern Nigeria.

Muhammadu Buhari, who defeated Jonathan in a 2015 election, ordered a new investigation into the kidnappings in January.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/buhari-sends-parents-of-kidnapped.html

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No pictures?

They should be swift about it.

And so?
Must this make the dailies?
Well I wish the parents goodluck
This APC Na scam. Thought PMB promised to lead the war against BH in person and rescue the girls in two weeks.
After a year they have just been able to gets leads on just one girl.
BTW How many days will PMB spend in Nigeria and when next is PMB visiting Nigeria?

We are waiting ...Fingers crossed

I think it's cool since d defence authorities lack adequate technologies and Intel to ascertain the state of the girls

Well it's okay

On their way to rescue their children.

good move st dullardd. equip them with cutlasses and plank.

These stories about the Chibok girls have sent shivers down the spine of every well meaning Nigerians. I hope they find them and resettle them into the society. Conclusively, hope this news didnt come from Oga Lai Mohammed.. Just saying...

A government that knows it's onions.

chukwukadibia10:
On their way to rescue their children.


good move st dullardd. equip them with cutlasses and plank.

By their name, you shall know them.

Gud move

wow.. this is really good news. Might be a good Easter for them......

Dat is to say they re "On there Own"

Not a good step walahi

smhhhh.

The lives of these young ladies have been used to play alot of politicking...
A million lies & conspiracy associated with this Chibok girls issue.
In the beginning some claimed it was a propaganda.
Next they claimed it was scam.
Soon it was reavealed that they shared the money that is supposed to be used to Arm the finders.
It became a global issue.
It led to the international distrust of the past adminstration.
It was among the viable tools used to bring down the past government.
It became a campaign strong point.
It was amongst the manifesto.
It was claimed that they would be rescued soon.
I heard rumours that they have been rescued.
Now they are in Cameroon (or believed to be).

Irrespective of who you supported or who you voted...
These are people's family, someone's daughter, someone's sister...
Seriously #bringbackourgirl

Pix or I disbelief

Please for them to go and do what exactly

Nice move

d Nigerian govt could av easily repatriated her bk

and continue the investigation since she is Nigerian!!
weather chibok or not!!

interrogating her in Cameroon might lead to leaking some sensitive evidence abt deer sponsors who we all are sure are in the govt!!

Davland:
Dat is to say they re "On there Own"

Not a good step walahi

how are they on their own please explain

Traveling..... can't they bring the girls instead......clueless sets of leaders

Bringbackourgirls woman Oby should join for the trip...

APC pls stop dis scam.....there r no missing chibok girls.....if there were missing.....y did obi ezekwesili stop d bringbackourgitls campaign after d election..... OK I get.....No campaigning after elections.

handsomeclouds:
And so?
Must this make the dailies?
Well I wish the parents goodluck
This APC Na scam. Thought PMB promised to lead the war against BH in person and rescue the girls in two weeks.
After a year they have just been able to gets leads on just one girl.
BTW How many days will PMB spend in Nigeria and when next is PMB visiting Nigeria?

You are loosing words. Ha ha

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handsomeclouds:
And so?
Must this make the dailies?
Well I wish the parents goodluck
This APC Na scam. Thought PMB promised to lead the war against BH in person and rescue the girls in two weeks.
After a year they have just been able to gets leads on just one girl.
BTW How many days will PMB spend in Nigeria and when next is PMB visiting Nigeria?

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JaypeeAnics:
APC pls stop dis scam.....there r no missing chibok girls.....if there were missing.....y did obi ezekwesili stop d bringbackourgitls campaign after d election..... OK I get.....No campaigning after elections.

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What a wasteful administration/government.

Which is cost effective?

To bring the said girls down to naija in a gathering of all chibok parents somewhere in borno?



Or


To bundle all the parents to cameroun?

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JaypeeAnics:
Traveling..... can't they bring the girls instead......clueless sets of leaders

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Hope the girls detail is on the list of those taking the SSCE/WAEC exams in Chibok before the kidnap by BH? Otherwise, the scam continues!

PUSH1:


You are loosing words. Ha ha

cos we have been scamed by APC and PMB. How else do you expect me to sound after being scammed?