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  • Chibok girl has no husband – Falana

    Chibok girl has no husband – Falana

    Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana(SAN), has said the Boko Haram member who impregnated and put Amina Ali, one of the ‎Chibok girls, in the family way, should not be regarded as her husband but an abductor and terrorist.

    He therefore advised the Borno State Attorney- General and Commissioner for Justice ‎to proceed to charge the terrorist with abduction, slavery, torture and rape without any further delay.

    ‎He gave the advice in a statement issued on Thursday night and titled: “Rescued Chibog girl has no husband.”

    The statement said: “Yesterday, Amina Ali, one of the abducted Chibok girls was rescued by the Borno State Civilian Joint Task Force aided by the Nigerian Army.

    “However, one of the terrorists who abducted her and had put her in a family way was arrested by the Nigerian army.

    “The captured terrorist who was arrested with Amina is not her husband but an abductor and a rapist. The media should therefore desist from further referring to the criminal suspect as the husband of the girl.

    “While congratulating the combined team of Nigerian army and the Borno State Joint Task Force who rescued Amina, we call on them to intensify their efforts to free the remaining Chibok girls.

    “The Attorney-General of Borno State should proceed to charge the terrorist with abduction and slavery, torture and rape without any further delay.”

     

     

  • Amina Ali: Best evidence to find Chibok girls – Ezekwesilli

    Amina Ali: Best evidence to find Chibok girls – Ezekwesilli

    A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesilli, on Thursday said the rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali, is the most credible evidence the government needs to rescue the remaining 218 girls.

    Ezekwesilli said since the government claimed that it lacks credible intelligence, a young woman who had been in the terrorists’ enclave is the most credible evidence the government needs.

    She said, “The rescued Chibok girl, Amina is the most credible evidence that the government needs to rescue our Chibok girls.

    “The last time we met with Mr. President, he told us that he does not have credible evidence on the girls, well a young woman who was in the enclave of Boko Haram and has given them so much information so far on her classmates is the best evidence that our government needs.

    “‎The next thing is for the government and global community, all those countries that came up, offering their assistance, to work together so that the remaining 218 girls do not have to stay a day longer than necessary.”

     

  • Amina must return to school – Buhari

    Amina must return to school – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday promised that everything will be done to ensure that the rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali, goes back to school.

    He also promised that his administration will ensure that Amina gets the best medical, emotional and other necessary care towards her full recovery and integration into the society. ‎

    The President made the promise when he received the girl in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    He said: “Like others all over the world, I’m delighted that Amina Ali, one of the missing Chibok girls has regained her freedom‎. But my feelings are tinged with deep sadness and horrors the girl has had to go through at such an early stage in her life.

    “Although we cannot do anything to reverse the horrors of her past, the federal government can and will do everything possible to ensure that the rest of her life takes a completely different course.

    “Amina will get the best care that the Nigerian government can afford. We will ensure that she gets the best medical, emotional and whatever care that she requires to get full recovery and be integrated into the society‎.

    “Yesterday, medical personnel from government and other NGOs examine her for about five hours, trauma experts from UNICEF also met her. The FG will get the Murtala Mohammed Foundation, which has already been providing support for the families of the missing Chibok girls and which runs a trauma and counseling faciity in Kano to also be involved in the ongoing work with Amina in monitoring her progress and any additional support she requires.”

  • Photos: Buhari receives rescued Chibok girl, baby

    Photos: Buhari receives rescued Chibok girl, baby

    President Muhammadu Buhari receives one of the Chibok Girls, Miss. Amina Ali and her baby from Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State during a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. PHOTO AKIN OLADOKUN
    President Muhammadu Buhari receives one of the Chibok Girls, Miss. Amina Ali and her baby from Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State during a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. PHOTO AKIN OLADOKUN

     

    Chibok girl visit to Villa 1b

     

    Chibok girl visit to Villa 1c

  • Buhari receives rescued Chibok girl in Aso Rock

    Buhari receives rescued Chibok girl in Aso Rock

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    Carrying her baby in her arms, she arrived with Borno State Governor, Kashim Shetima in black SUV around 2.45 p.m.

    She was shielded from talking to journalists as she was led to the President’s office along with other persons who came with her from Borno State.

    Only CNN, Aljazeera,VOA, Reuters and other foreign cameramen and reporters were allowed to accompany the girl and the delegation to the President’s office.

    Some State House correspondents including NTA, Channels and AIT were also allowed in. No single print reporter was allowed in.

    Amina Ali and the team were still in the President’s office at the time of filing this report.

  • ‘How Chibok girl was found’

    When the military launched stormed the Baale village near Damboa, Borno State, to confront Boko Haram insurgents, little did they know that one of the over 200 abducted Chibok school girls was among the women rescued during the operation.

    After the military operation, an eagle eyed local hunter spotted Amina Ali in company of other women and identified her as one of the missing Chibok girls.

    The hunter, who identified himself as Apaagu, said he recognized Amina because he is from Chibok community and knows the parents of the girl very well.

    Apaagu, who is a member of the local vigilante group, told journalists in a telephone chat from Damboa that he was the one that picked out Amina and told the military that she is one of the missing Chibok school girls.

    “We I saw her, I recognized her because I know her. I told the army that she is one of the Chibok girls that were missing. We picked her out from the other women,” Apaagu said.

    He added that the girl was taken to her family house in Chibok where she met her mother in an emotional reunion before she was taken away by the military in Damboa.

    “We went with her to her family house in Chibok and met her mother who embraced her warmly,” the hunter said.

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