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#BringBackOurGirls group confirms identity of rescued Chibok girl - Mhiz Rebecca - 01-05-2017
The Bring Back Our Girls group has confirmed
the identity of Rakiya Gali, one of the kidnapped
Chibok girls who was rescued by the military on
Thursday.
In a statement by the #BBOG spokesperson, Sesuh
Akume, the group said Ms. Gali is the 24th girl to
be found of 219 girls kidnapped on April 14, 2014
from the secondary school in Chibok, Borno State,
by the Boko Haram.
“Having exhausted all our internal verification
modalities, our movement can confirm that
Rakiya Abubakar Gali (#49 in our list as Rakiya
Gali) is indeed one of our missing Chibok girls.
She is the 24th to return out of 219 missing
#ChibokGirls.
“One hundred and ninety-five (195) remain
missing. It is 3 days to #Day1000 and we remain
highly hopeful that the rest of our girls will be
rescued and reunited with their families.
“We commend the Nigerian military, the
Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF), the Civilian
JTF, and all the security forces working day and
night to rout the terrorists, and return our
#ChibokGirls and all others abducted,” the group
said in its statement on Thursday evening.
The Nigerian Army had announced on Thursday
that its troops stationed in the north-east rescued
Ms. Gali.
The spokesperson for the army, Sani Usman,
made the announcement on his Facebook Page
Thursday afternoon.
“Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE during
investigation of arrested suspected Boko Haram
terrorists discovered one of the abducted Chibok
School girls, Rakiya Abubakar, with her six
months old baby,” he said.
“According to preliminary investigation, it was
discovered she is the daughter of Abubakar Gali
Mulima and Habiba Abubakar of Chibok. She
further stated that she was a student of Senior
Secondary School Class 3B (SS 3B), before her
abduction along with her colleagues on 14th April
2014 by the Boko Haram terrorists.
“Rakiya Abubakar is presently undergoing further
medical investigation and would soon be released
to the Borno State Government,” Mr. Sani said
later on a Whatsapp platform operated by his
office.
The #BBOG announced plans to commence a daily
protest from January 8 in an attempt to put more
pressure on the federal government to ensure the
release of the remaining girls.
The group in a statement signed by its co-
conveners, Aisha Yesufu and Obi Ezekwesili on
January 3 said it was dissatisfied with the seeming
silence of the government on the remaining girls,
after 21 of them were freed in October.
The 21 girls were freed after negotiations
between the federal government and the Boko
Haram.
The protest is scheduled to start on the 1000th day
the girls were abducted.