Information circulating indicates that every attempt to rescue the school girls
kidnapped in Borno by Boko Haram militants might be foiled, after reports emerged that the children
have been taken to other countries. An elder from Chibok, where the girls were
taken, is said to have stated that most of the girls had been married off to
the militants at a bride price of N2000. He also stated that the young girls had been taken by the
insurgents to neighbouring Chad and Cameroon.
Dr. Pogu Chibok, who is the leader of the Chibok Elders Forum,
said that latest information available to them indicates that most of the girls
have been taken to the neighboring Cameroon and Chad by their captors.
He said before they were ferried in canoes across the Lake
Chad, a wedding ceremony was conducted at a town on the border with Cameroon
where they were married off to Boko Haram militants. He said N2,000 was paid as
bride price on each of the girls to the specific Boko Haram members, who took
them from their school and who had assumed “ownership” of the students.
“They ferried them in canoes to Cameroon and Chad republic
after they were wedded off to Boko Haram members who bidded (sic) and paid
N2,000 each as dowries on their heads,” Bitrus said.
“The dowry was paid to their captors, the very people who
abducted them from their school. One of them who married one of the girls took
her to a border town close to Cameroon where villagers saw her.”
Bitrus said yesterday: “So many sources have informed us
that the girls have been taken to Cameroon. Many villagers said they saw the
girls being transported in trucks and then in canoes.
“On Sunday they were taken to Dikwa area where they (Boko
Haram) have a camp there. From there they took them to Marte, then Monguno
before they were finally ferried in canoes. It was yesterday we got this latest
report of them being married off to the insurgents by their captors.”He said
sources in Cameroon told them that most of the girls were now being held at “an
area where the Boko Haram operates in Cameroon.”
On whether military authorities were informed about the
movements of the girls, Bitrus said: “The military was alerted on Tuesday about
two weeks ago when some villagers saw many of the girls being transported in
trucks, some with even their school uniforms. The villagers tried calling the
senator representing the zone but they couldn’t get him so they went to Bama
barracks where they reported the matter.
“At the Bama barracks they were told that they must put it
in writing, that that is the military tradition. At that time if the military
had intervened they would have stopped them from reaching their destination.
“And the fact that for nearly two weeks we have been talking about this and
nothing is being done, then there are questions we have to ask. Nobody did
anything.”
Bitrus sobbed as he spoke to our reporter yesterday. “What
is happening with the Nigerian nation? I think we demand some answers. Today it
is happening to these unfortunate girls from Chibok, tomorrow it may be
somewhere else and that is why all Nigerians must rally around us on this,” he
said.
“Female parents have been crying day and night, because
nobody knows what government is doing about the whole issue. All that we read
in the papers is that Nigerian Army have done this or that.”
33 Comments
God haf mercy
ReplyDeleteI said it's al about sex slavery
ReplyDeleteDey haf finished wif d girls be4 hand dem ova in fetish & God forsaken marriage
ReplyDeleteParents of dez children might not see dem again
ReplyDeleteDs is most sad
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm!! Dats it for d girls
ReplyDeleteOw wil dose parents feel afta hearin dis
ReplyDeleteWickedness if d highest oda
ReplyDeleteEwoooooo! !!
ReplyDeleteShe on u Boko Haram
ReplyDeleteCuz govt was delaying dats why dey weren't rescued
ReplyDeleteHewooooo military was alerted & dey did nofin....Waf kinda govt do we haf in Nigeria?
ReplyDeleteIt's a disgrace to naija govt
ReplyDeleteJeeeez so dose children might be gone for life
ReplyDeleteOut cry
ReplyDeleteIts totally unfair on d side of govt & d army
ReplyDeleteSo sad
ReplyDeleteGovt is just watching
ReplyDeleteBoko Haram is nau makin caricature of naija govt
ReplyDeleteOw can dey? It's unblvabu
ReplyDeleteIt's sad news
ReplyDeleteGod forbid o
ReplyDeleteBuh wait o...why isn't govt doin anyfin
ReplyDeleteDs is heart breaking
ReplyDeleteIt's a big slap on our govt
ReplyDeleteHis dauta desaved presidential wedding buh d children desave jungle & 2k weding..God is watching
ReplyDeleteRubbish! !!!
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ReplyDeleteShame!!!
ReplyDeletethis is terrible, news.
ReplyDeleteBH deserve to be eradicated over night.
ReplyDeletewetin govt dey do to salvage the situation?
ReplyDeleterubbish keeps re-occurring in Naija.
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