A video viewing session organized by the Borno State government for parents and
relatives of schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno State by the Islamist
militant group, Boko Haram, has led to the identification of 80 of the students
out of the 130 seen in a video that was released yesterday by Boko Haram leader
Abubakar Shekau.
Parents, community leaders, and some of the girls who
managed to escape the night the militants raided the dormitory of the Chibok
Government Girls Secondary School helped make the identifications. The abducted
girls were gathered from a variety of high schools in Chibok and its
surrounding towns, and were gathered to sit final exams.
Earlier, the Borno State government had announced the
identification of 54 of the girls shortly after three mothers, five fathers and
eight escaped schoolgirls arrived at Government House, Maiduguri to review the
video released by Boko Haram.
The viewing of the video took place at the office of the
Chief of Staff to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State as some of the
escaped schoolgirls showed up accompanied by the chairman of the Chibok local
government area. The students and local government chairman arrived at the
chief of staff’s office close to 2 p.m., accompanied by eight armed vigilantes.
Governor Shettima was reportedly not in his office as a source in the state
disclosed that he had traveled to Abuja. The group spent to three hours viewing
the video before leaving Government House once again escorted by the
vigilantes.
Source: Sahara Reporters
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