Good news: Nigeria sends Chibok parents to Cameroon on verification mission

– The presidency confirms several members of the Chibok community set to depart to Cameroon to verify the identity of captured female suicide bomber 

– Two girls on a suicide mission were intercepted by the Cameroonian security forces on Friday, March 25. One of them said she was from Chibok

– Today is the third Easter in captivity for the Boko Haram hostages from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok

Garba Shehu, a spokesperson to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, confirmed on Saturday that some of the Chibok parents would soon be sent to Cameroon. Senator Aisha Alhassan, the minister of women affairs, and Ambassador Hadiza Mustapha, the Nigerian high commissioner in Cameroon, are engaged in the necessary preparations.

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The mission is required to clear the air on the declaration by one of the child suicide bombers, as the latest information from Cameroon shows the intercepted girls are about ten years of age, much younger than the girls abducted from Chibok on April 14, 2014. It has been also learnt one of the duo was believed to be heavily drugged and, therefore, not in full control of her senses.

Eighteen days to two years of abduction remain

The arrested girls may be brought to Yaoundé on Monday, March 28.

The Murtala Mohammed Foundation offered cooperation to the Nigerian government. It will sponsor two parents from Chibok.

Yakubu Nkeki, the chairman of the Parents of the Abducted Girls from Chibok Association, and Yana Galang, the group’s women leader, have been selected to embark on the trip to Cameroon.

The Nigerian High Commission would receive the two and would facilitate their access to the two girls, once permission to meet and verify their identity is obtained from the local authorities.

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Two hundred and seventy six schoolgirls were kidnapped 713 days ago by a group of Boko Haram terrorists from their school in Chibok town, Borno state.

Fifty seven of them managed to escape, while 219 are still missing. None of the girls have been officially rescued so far.

The leader of the #BringBackOurGirls movement reacted to the development:

Since December 2014, when we @BBOG_Nigeria began to see the trend of girl-suicide bombers we asked the FG to investigate & prevent it. Hmmm

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) March 26, 2016

As our @BBOG_Nigeria statement spelt out, WE believe the FG can achieve a SPEEDY identity verification of the self professed #ChibokGirl. — Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) March 26, 2016

We had received an interim update from @HQNigerianArmy early hours of today that the identification process is on. WE’re ANXIOUS for UPDATE.

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) March 26, 2016

Today is Easter Sunday. The THIRD our #ChibokGirls have had in captivity. Day 713 of abduction.#BringBackOurGirls — #BringBackOurGirls (@BBOG_Nigeria) March 27, 2016

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