Popular Girl-child education activist Malala Yousafzai, just arrived Nigeria in the early hours of today has already met with the families of some of the missing
Chibok girls. Malala is in Nigeria to meet with President Jonathan and lend her voice in the demand to release the kidnapped girls. Well done girl
A man who described himself as a teacher/scholar inside the Boko Haram camp today July 8th spoke anonymously with Tobi Oladipo of BBC World radio service where he stated that it’s only the release of their imprisoned members by the Federal Government that can make them release the over 200 Chibok girls they abducted on April 14th at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok.
“Yes we want the Nigerian government to release our members.
As our leader Abubakar Shekau promised to the media, if today the government releases our members, tomorrow or the next day we promise you can see all of them (the girls) sure. We would release them tomorrow or the next day.” he told BBC World Radio.
Seaking further, the man said the abducted girls are in good condition and are well catered for “I am telling you a fact, they are in a state of amnesty.
They don’t have a problem. Some of them have belief in Islam, some of them say they would not convert to Islam but we didn’t differentiate them, we treat them equally. They are healthy, feeding and all these. We didn’t differentiate between them at all, why because, Allah commands us to do them equally.
Some of them say they would not come back to Islam, we ask them to stay, no problem. There is no forcing in Islam but some of them not Muslims are converting to Islam but we are not differentiating them.
If you see them now, you would see they don’t have any problem “he said The man also said Boko Haram attacks anyone who gives out information about them and their activities
“Under Islam, killing children and women is not accepted you understand, but if they are fighting you, then you must fight them but if they are not fighting you, then it is not accepted weather they are Muslims or non-Muslims.
Do not fight them, it is not accepted but if you bomb somewhere or make arrest somewhere, it will affect them but killing children and women is not accepted” he said
In an interview with SaharaTV, the senator describes a video, in which a young girl who had been Molested was on her knees begging her attacker.
“They [the girls] said when they molest
them, they shoot them,” the senator said to SaharaTV’s Rudolf Okonkwo, “therefore the girl after being Molested, she curled down to the man, kneeling down and begging him to please be
patient.”
This report comes two months after the girls were abducted from their school in Chibok. The senator stopped by SaharaTV’s New York studios on the 24th of June, the same day he visited the United Nations to appeal that they
send aid to his constituents who had fled to Cameroon for fear of Boko Haram attacks.
In the extensive interview, he discussed the condition of the. kidnapped Chibok girls, conspiracy theories surrounding Boko Haram, the ramifications of the group’s terrorism, as well as his reasons for visiting the UN, amongst other
issues. The senator expresses that he doesn’t think the Nigerian federal government and military are doing enough, “because still Boko Haram will go to villages and kill people and then go without being chased.
” He believes that the group persists simply because they are “neglected by the Nigerian security.” In Senator Zanna’s opinion, President Jonathan of
Nigeria has to change his priorities, “It is not this presidency that he should look at,” said the senator, “but let him look at the future of Nigeria, and the future of Nigerians.”
INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT:
The Senator said; Somebody told me that they were shown being
Molested, and in turn, it is the girl who was Molested that came out kneeling down and begging the man to be patient. Do you know the
reason why?
They said when they molest them they shoot them. Therefore the girl after being Molested, she curled down to the man, kneeling down and begging him to please be patient. So disturbing. And although I didn’t see the video, the person narrated to me, he said he had the video.
Watch the interview and read transcript below..
Rudolf: It’s been 70 days and people across the world have bought into this campaign, they want to see that these girls are freed. What is the situation now in Borno?
Senator Zanna: I left Nigeria almost three weeks now, but I have been getting in touch with my people and I’m enquiring about what is happening. I am also talking to different peoplewho happen to know the movements of Boko Haram and what is going on about the girls and all what-have-you. But up till today I don’t think a breakthrough is made by the government in getting the girls out.
There is a rumour, not a rumour per say, but a statement from a friend in Cameroon, who lives at the border area, telling me that Boko Haram and the government are in conversation, they are negotiating. That was before I left Nigeria. But up till today, nothing came out of it. I asked him, “what is happening?” He said the government is ready to release the detainees which they requested, but they don’t want to release or give them money because they are still fighting.
Which is also, I buy that idea that if they are going to get more money, they may buy weapons. But my conscience is telling me that it is better to get those girls out and then go after the Boko Haram. To take them out is most important. Let them feel, let the government feel if their own daughters are in these particular girls; are they going to behave the same way?
So as far as I’m concerned, although there are some moves to get them out, but because of the level of the insecurity in that area, particularly Boko Haram’s capacity, and the government don’t want to improve the capacity of the Boko Haram. It is reasonable, but it is very important for them to get those girls out.
Rudolf: A lot of people are worried, after 70 days, how are they feeding the girls, how is the health of the girls. Do we know anything about that? Senator Zanna: Actually the information I’m getting, some of them are very disturbing. Although I don’t want to mention but they are just Molesting the girls on camera and even showing them on video, releasing it to the public.
Somebody told me that they were shown being Molested, and in turn, it is the girl who was Molested that came out kneeling down and begging the man to be patient. Do you know the reason why? They said when they molest them they shoot them. Therefore the girl after being Molested, she curled down to the man, kneeling down and begging him to please be patient.
So disturbing. And although I didn’t see the video, the person narrated to me, he said he had the video, and he was narrating to me, and look at the situation. And then the other scenario is that the Boko Haram are now out of funds, they are not getting enough food.
So they are going from one village to another, taking the little the villagers had, and going away. In fact most of the villages are almost moved out of their villages and moved to cities or gone into the neighbouring countries. So more or less they don’t have any chance of getting food. So I don’t know what they’re going to do, if food is not available are they going to sacrifice to give it to the girls.
And then, the other information I have, because you know the kidnap is a continuous process which they have been doing before the 200 and after the 200. So in their position, there are up to500 or over 500 women who are being taken from the streets, on the main roads where they are traveling, or they go to the villages and collect them; all kinds of abductions.
Rudolf: People are also asking about the
international community that offered to help and send in support staff, America sent in troops and soldiers. Why is it that we’ve not seen any kind of action, even if the Nigerian side are not effective.
Why are the international group not being effective in terms of taking action.
Senator Zanna: You know Nigeria being an independent country, the international community are very careful in their conducts. But they will really have or they’re in a burden of guilt if they do not do anything about this situation because the situation is more than disturbing.
Maybe the government did not give them permission to go, particularly America, they’re in Chad. I don’t know after my departure they must have moved into Nigeria, or they’re doing something, I don’t know.
But they did not go direct to Nigeria. They are in Chad. So I don’t know what is going on with the government. Since I am not around, I don’t have much information on the relation between the foreign countries and Nigeria’s government.
Rudolf: Can you tell our viewers what brought you to America? You were saying before you came on air that you went to the United Nations.
Senator Zanna: Yes I went to the United Nations simply because, there are so many people in my constituency from Banki area, from Kala-Balge area, Gamboru Ngala, I’m sure you remember Gamboru Ngala where about 500 people were killed by Boko Haram.
And these people, even those who are close to the border, they go into Cameroon, spend the night, come back the following day, to spend their day. So there are a lot of refugees across the border, and they are not allowed deep into Cameroon. they are just by the side of the river.
Some of them are in Fotokol, some of them are in Dabanga, some of them are in Banki, I mean Kolofata, and some of them are in Amchide. Nobody is taking care of them.
They are just there, no food, no any facility for human existence. So therefore I became disturbed, I said let me come and at least get audience with the United Nations so that they can at least form a camp around that area. People are really really afraid to live in Nigeria.
Rudolf: Are the Nigerian government aware of this, that people are moving into Cameroon?
They are aware. I gave an interview to BBC at that time when the Kala-Balge people and Gambarungala people were moving to Cameroon. They told me they want to move to Cameroon and they’re now packing. I told them yes go on move because you are not being protected.
Since you inform the government to come and protect you and they don’t come. You informed them of an impending attack, nobody comes to rescue you. So what is left for you is to move into Cameroon, where maybe you may be safe. So that interview I granted over 3 weeks now.
So therefore I don’t think the government is not aware, because the relief agency organization, NEMA, are aware. They wanted to send goods to that place, but even the transporters are not ready to transport food to that area. So therefore what is left for us is to tell United Nations to come through Cameroon to give food to those people.
Rudolf: This question is about the presidential committee that was set up to look into the kidnappings.
They’ve turned in their report and yet there are some people out there who believe that this kidnapping of these girls didn’t happen. What do you say to such people? Senator Zanna: I think they are not fair, at the same time they are not humans. If they say this did not happen, then they are not human beings.
If you are sycophantic to government, you shouldn’t go to that extent, where the lives of people are involved. Particularly vulnerable people like schoolgirls. You know? Even after the abduction there were a lot of killings that had taken place.
But the attention of the world is on those girls, why because they are women, and they are veryyoung, at their tender age, and if somebody is not sympathetic to that, and coming to deny that this has not taken place, I think he is not being fair to human community.
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In a statement released moments ago, the Nigerian military said it has arrested Babuji Ya’ari, (pictured above), who is described as the key actor in the Chibok girls abduction. Babuji, according to the military, was a member of the Youth Vigilante Group popularly known as civilian JTF, which he used as a cover to spy on the activities of the Nigerian security forces, acting as a spy & gathering information for terrorist group.
The military also said Ya’ari has coordinated several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011. Checkout the press statement signed by Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade,
A terrorists’ intelligence cell headed by a
businessman who participated actively in the abduction of School Girls in Chibok has been busted by troops.
The man, Babuji Ya’ari who is also a member of the Youth Vigilante Group popularly known as Civilian JTF which he uses as cover while remaining an active terrorist, also spearheaded the murder of the Emir of Gwoza. His main role in the group is to spy and gather information for the terrorists group. Babuji has been coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011, including the daring attacks on Customs and military locations as well as the planting of IEDs in several locations in the town.
The arrest of the businessman who is known to deal in tricycles has also yielded some vital information and facilitated the arrest of other members of the terrorists’ intelligence cell who are women. One of them, Hafsat Bako had earlier escaped to Gombe State to avoid suspicion but was tracked and arrested.
Prior to her arrest, Hafsat coordinated the payment of other operatives on the payroll of the group. In her confession, she disclosed that a minimum of N10,000 is paid to each operative depending on the enormity of his task. Another female suspect named Haj Kaka who doubles as an armourer and a spy for the terrorists group has also been arrested. Until their arrest, all the suspects actively operated a terrorists’ intelligence cell in collaboration with others still at
large.
In another development, troops deployed in Goniri, Yobe State, over the weekend, had an encounter with terrorists, resulting in casualties on both sides after the attack was successfully repelled.
CHRIS OLUKOLADE
Major General
Director Defence Information
Nigeria’s president has rejected an offer from Islamist
rebel group Boko Haram to exchange schoolgirls it
abducted for imprisoned militants, but the
government is open to broader talks with the rebels, a
visiting British minister said.
A woman shouts during a vigil in Abuja calling for the
release of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted in the remote
village of Chibok, May 15, 2014.
Source : Reuters
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Boko Haram video emerged Monday purportedly
showing some of the kidnapped Nigerian girls in
headdresses and the terror group’s leader declaring
they have converted to Islam.
The 27-minute footage shows girls wearing Hijab
headdresses and reciting the Quran as they make
Islamic declarations of faith.
It was shot in a nondescript area of a bush.
Last month, a convoy of Islamist militants drove into
a school in northeastern Nigeria, abducted nearly
300 girls and fled into the night. At least 276 girls
remain missing since the terror group seized them
on April 14.
Source : CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/12/world/africa/nigeria-abducted-girls/index.html?c=intl-homepage-
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