Sikiru Eniola:
In addition to my write-up below, I remind you of a petition written back in October 2014, in which five parents of six of the girls were signatories:
1. Reverend Enoch Mark - parent of two girls in captivity
2. Pindar Dibla - parent of a girl in captivity
3. Ishaya Abana - parent of a girl in captivity
4. Emmanuel Mutah - parent of a girl in captivity
5. Ishaya Benawi - parent of a girl in captivity
They could not be lying.......if only it was their six girls captured, those are six girls too many.
Bolaji Aluko
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CALL FOR GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION,
OCTOBER 11TH -18TH, 2014
#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS NOW and ALIVE!!!!
October 14, 2014 makes it exactly six (6) months since 276 girls were abducted by the Boko Haram sect from their school - Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria. The Boko Haram Sect leader claimed responsibility for the mass kidnappings in a video where he informed the world that he plans to sell the girls into slavery. Till date, not one girl has been rescued, save for 57 girls who escaped on their own, while 219 girls still remain in captivity.
As the United Nations marks the International Day of the Girl Child on 11th October, we, the #BringBackOurGirls movement and the families of the abducted girls, are calling for a Global Week of Action from 11th to 18th October 2014, to mobilize everyone around the world to demand for the immediate rescue of our Chibok girls and end this humanitarian tragedy.
It is undeniably apt that this year's theme for United Nations International Day of the Girl Child: Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending The Circle of Violence, coincides with this period when we all are still agitating for the immediate release of our innocent Chibok girls who are victims of the violence being perpetrated by the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria. These are adolescent girls who, against all odds, sought education in order to be empowered in their bid to become responsible leaders of the society. Our world must not forget them.
How can the world move on without 219 promising young women whose zeal for education should be an example for girls everywhere in the world. We cannot afford for girls and parents anywhere in the world to be forced to choose between education and personal safety.
We therefore make this global call to all political leaders, the United Nations, civil society groups, religious leaders, development partners, celebrities and all well-meaning individuals to come out en-masse during this Global Week of Action and raise their voices to demand renewed actions for the immediate rescue of our Chibok girls. We ask that various on-the-ground activities and the social media be used to show support and solidarity for #ChibokGirls
We wish to further call on the Nigerian government and other Governments lending support to the rescue operation to intensify any actions already being taken to achieve quick result of the immediate rescue of the Chibok girls.
We encourage friends of our #chibokgirls around the world to hold vigils in Communities; and where possible at Nigerian Embassies in your countries. Please help spread the message to pupils and students in schools; To people at churches, mosques, and temples! Please call on your leaders to do everything possible to help #BringBackOurGirls NOW and ALIVE!!!
1. Reverend Enoch Mark - parent of two girls in captivity
2. Pindar Dibla - parent of a girl in captivity
3. Ishaya Abana - parent of a girl in captivity
4. Emmanuel Mutah - parent of a girl in captivity
5. Ishaya Benawi - parent of a girl in captivity
6. Oby Ezekwesili - co-convener [obyezekwesili@aol.com]
7. Maryam Uwais - co-convener [maryamuwais@leapafrica.org]
8. Hadiza Bala Usman - co-convener [hadizabalausman@yahoo.com]
9. Saudatu Mahdi - co-convener [saudatu@yahoo.com]
10. Jibrin Ibrahim - jibo72@gmail.com
11. Aisha Oyebode - aisha.oyebode@gmail.com
12. Betty Akeredolu - brecan97@yahoo.com
13. Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome - mojubaolu@gmail.com
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On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:
--On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 6:52 AM, DR SIKIRU ENIOLA <sikirueniola@gmail.com> wrote:Prof sir, with sincere respects, I'm one of those who have serious doubts on this legendary tales of the missing Chibok girls.
The circumstances that sorrounded the the mysterious abduction and transportation of these over 250 girls were fairy and tales-like and nothing has happened to change this first impression. The picture that was shown and digitalized as a Dec shot is another latest example. Those, under whose regime this awesome incident happened, didn't go near Bornu until after 200days. It was our argument then that this national shame was orchestrated to divert attention from the series of explosive corruption revelations at the NNPC, Aviation and other sectors.
Therefore, its not criminal to hold contrary opinions. It is thus not " rather silly". What will elicit an apology from me to the whole World is the recovery of these girls and their proper identification. Up till today, None of those who was reported to have escaped from Sambisa forest was properly identified as a Chibok girl and they were never debriefed by any intelligence Agency to get an inkling of their memory pictures of their abodes or trails. We are all waiting.Sikiru Eniola:Well, if I state that I have never entertained some doubts about the veracity of the reports of the Chibok abduction over these past two years, I would not be telling the truth. Waxing incredulity to myself, I have asked myself several times how it was possible that transportation that went to pick up and deposit almost 300 persons went undetected both ways, both from the air and on the ground - no dust was raised along either way, and neither act (going and coming) was stopped? I have asked myself how housing and feeding has been arranged for all of these girls all of these time; and how so many persons must be deployed to guard them; and why it is that additional sighting or escapes or secret messages (either by the Chibok girls themselves or sympathetic detainers or co-detainees) have been passed all of these times.Something is quite odd about the circumstances of their untimely capture, and in time, we all will know fully. Clearly, the previous Administration did not take matters as seriously enough as it should have in the early days following the event.At the same time, SOMETHING did happen at that Chibok school that made several girls to disappear, that made them NOT to sit for an exam that they were preparing for, and for the school to be shut ever since, that made parents to be tearing up. Besides, the pictures and names of at least 178 students were published about a year ago (see below), and even the most skeptical person cannot state that these names are just fake and for political reasons, almost a year AFTER a change of government.In the picture of fifteen girls just released associated with the "December 25" video, I could match eight of the names out of the 178 names released earlier:1/ 117. Palmata Musa2/ Martha James (there is one Awa James in the list below, no Martha)3/ 110. Mariama Yahaya4/ Naomi Yahona5/ Kwazuku Haman6/ Rifkatu Umar (There are four Rifkatus in the list below, no Umar)7/ 158 Hauwa Ishaya8/ 135 Ruth Amos9/ 149. Muwa Daniel10/ 45. Juliana Yakubu11/ Ramati Yaga12/ Naomi Yaga13/ 156. Saratu Ayuba14/ 42. Naomi Zakaria15/ Jummai Mutah (there are three Mutahs in the list below - Kume, Lugwa and Hauwa, no Jummai)At the end of the day, it does not really matter whether they are eight, fifteen, one-hundred or three hundred: just one daughter held in captivity for two years is one too many, and must not be forgotten.I cannot imagine any of my three daughters in such captivity.Bolaji Aluko-----APPENDIX1. Deborah Abge2. Awa Abge3. Hauwa Yirma4. Asabe Manu5. Mwa Malam pogu6. Patiant Dzakwa7. Saraya Mal. Stover8. Mary Dauda9. Gloria Mainta10. Hanatu Ishaku11. Gloria Dama12. Tabitha Pogu13. Maifa Dama14. Ruth kollo15. Esther Usman16. Awa James17. Anthonia Yahonna18. Kume Mutah19. Aisha Ezekial20. Nguba Buba21. Kwanta Simon22. Kummai Aboku23. Esther Markus24. Hana Stephen25. Rifkatu Amos26. Rebecca Mallum27. Blessing Abana28. Ladi Wadai29. Tabitha Hyelampa30. Ruth Ngladar31. Safiya Abdu32. Na'omi Yahonna33. Solomi Titus34. Rhoda John35. Rebecca Kabu36. Christy Yahi37. Rebecca Luka38. Laraba John39. Saratu Markus40. Mary Usman41. Debora Yahonna42. Naomi Zakaria43. Hanatu Musa44. Hauwa Tella45. Juliana Yakubu46. Suzana Yakubu47. Saraya Paul48. Jummai Paul49. Mary Sule50. Jummai John51. Yanke Shittima52. Muli Waligam53. Fatima Tabji54. Eli Joseph55. Saratu Emmanuel56. Deborah Peter57. Rahila Bitrus58. Luggwa Sanda59. Kauna Lalai60. Lydia Emmar61. Laraba Maman62. Hauwa Isuwa63. Confort Habila64. Hauwa Abdu65. Hauwa Balti66. Yana Joshua67. Laraba Paul68. Saraya Amos69. Glory Yaga70. Na'omi Bitrus71. Godiya Bitrus72. Awa Bitrus73. Na'omi Luka74. Maryamu Lawan75. Tabitha Silas76. Mary Yahona77. Ladi Joel78. Rejoice Sanki79. Luggwa Samuel80. Comfort Amos81. Saraya Samuel82. Sicker Abdul83. Talata Daniel84. Rejoice Musa85. Deborah Abari86. Salomi Pogu87. Mary Amor88. Ruth Joshua89. Esther John90. Esther Ayuba91. Maryamu Yakubu92. Zara Ishaku93. Maryamu Wavi94. Lydia Habila95. Laraba Yahonna96. Na'omi Bitrus97. Rahila Yahanna98. Ruth Lawan99. Ladi Paul100. Mary Paul101. Esther Joshua102. Helen Musa103. Margret Watsai104. Deborah Jafaru105. Filo Dauda106. Febi Haruna107. Ruth Ishaku108. Racheal Nkeki109. Rifkatu Soloman110. Mairama Yahaya111. Saratu Dauda112. Jinkai Yama113. Margret Shettima114. Yana Yidau115. Grace Paul116. Amina Ali117. Palmata Musa118. Awagana Musa119. Pindar Nuhu120. Yana Pogu121. Saraya Musa122. Hauwa Joseph123. Hauwa Kwakwi124. Hauwa Musa125. Maryamu Musa126. Maimuna Usman127. Rebeca Joseph128. Liyatu Habitu129. Rifkatu Yakubu130. Naomi Philimon131. Deborah Abbas132. Ladi Ibrahim.133. Asabe Ali134. Maryamu Bulama135. Ruth Amos136. Mary Ali137. Abigail Bukar138. Deborah Amos139. Saraya Yanga140. Kauna Luka141. Christiana Bitrus142.Yana Bukar143. Hauwa Peter144. Hadiza Yakubu145. Lydia Simon146. Ruth Bitrus147. Mary Yakubu148. Lugwa Mutah149. Muwa Daniel150. Hanatu Nuhu151. Monica Enoch152. Margret Yama153. Docas Yakubu154. Rhoda Peter155. Rifkatu Galang156. Saratu Ayuba157. Naomi Adamu158. Hauwa Ishaya159. Rahap Ibrahim160. Deborah Soloman161. Hauwa Mutah162. Hauwa Takai163. Serah Samuel164. Aishatu Musa165. Aishatu Grema166. Hauwa Nkeki167. Hamsatu Abubakar168. Mairama Abubakar169. Hauwa Wule170. Ihyi Abdu171. Hasana Adamu172. Rakiya Kwamtah173. Halima Gamba174. Aisha Lawan175. Kabu Malla176. Yayi Abana177. Falta Lawan178. Kwadugu Manu__________________________On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 6:52 AM, DR SIKIRU ENIOLA <sikirueniola@gmail.com> wrote:Prof sir, with sincere respects, I'm one of those who have serious doubts on this legendary tales of the missing Chibok girls.
The circumstances that sorrounded the the mysterious abduction and transportation of these over 250 girls were fairy and tales-like and nothing has happened to change this first impression. The picture that was shown and digitalized as a Dec shot is another latest example. Those, under whose regime this awesome incident happened, didn't go near Bornu until after 200days. It was our argument then that this national shame was orchestrated to divert attention from the series of explosive corruption revelations at the NNPC, Aviation and other sectors.
Therefore, its not criminal to hold contrary opinions. It is thus not " rather silly". What will elicit an apology from me to the whole World is the recovery of these girls and their proper identification. Up till today, None of those who was reported to have escaped from Sambisa forest was properly identified as a Chibok girl and they were never debriefed by any intelligence Agency to get an inkling of their memory pictures of their abodes or trails. We are all waiting.THE WHEEL OF JUSTICE TURNS SLOWLY BUT IT TURNS.
On Apr 14, 2016 1:22 AM, "Mobolaji Aluko alukome@gmail.com [Ekitipanupo]" <Ekitipanupo@yahoogroups.com> wrote:My People:April 24, 2014....a day that will live in infamy when 276 girls were stolen from Chibok, only for about about 57 of them to escape soon after....The inability to rescue the 219 remaining Chibok girls remains a blight on the security intelligence capabilities of Nigeria. Until ALL of them are accounted for, any claim of temporary or permanent victory over Boko Haram is rather hollow.The video released is a glimmer of hope, and should erase the rather silly temptation to assert that the Chibok girls do not exist.However, as Information Minister Lai Mohammed indicated in his interview - without putting it in full words - when the video wasshot remains unknown. Even the video is digitally labeled as "December 25, 2015", captives, particularly young teenage women,who do not seem to have aged or look any different after more than one year in captivity is rather suspect. So was the video takenSOON after their capture, or in December 2015 twenty months later?Inquiring minds want to know.Bolaji Aluko
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/13/africa/chibok-girls-new-proof-of-life-video/index.html
Chibok's girls: A glimpse of the stolen
CNN EXCLUSIVE REPORTING by Stephanie Busari, Nima Elbagir and Sebastiaan Knoops
Updated 6:23 PM ET, Wed April 13, 2016
Maiduguri, Nigeria (CNN)They were stolen from their beds in a school dormitory: hundreds of teenage girls kidnapped by gunmen.
A few dozen escaped to tell of the night Boko Haram militants brought terror to a Nigerian girls' school.From the rest, silence. No sign of where they had been taken or what could have happened to them for almost two years, even as the world screamed #BringBackOurGirls.Chibok kidnapping: New 'proof of life' video 00:54Hundreds of parents left, day after day, night after night, and then months with no information.Until now.CNN obtained a video of some of the "Chibok Girls" sent to negotiators by their captors as a "proof of life."The video had been seen by negotiators and some members of the government.But no one had shown the parents. Until now.'Proof of life' recording
Rifkatu Ayuba catches sight of her long-lost, desperately missed, now 17-year-old. "My Saratu!" she wails, reaching out to a laptop screen, the closest she's been to her child in two years. She is desperate to comfort her little girl, but helpless.Saratu Ayuba is one of 15 girls seen in the recording shown to some of the families for the first time at an emotional meeting this week. Wearing a purple abaya, with a patterned brown scarf covering her hair, Saratu stares directly into the camera."I felt like removing her from the screen," Ayuba tells us, desperate to pluck Saratu from the mysterious location where she is being held and bring her home. "If I could, I would have removed her from the screen."The video is believed to have been made last December as part of negotiations between the government andBoko Haram.It was released by someone keen to give the girls' parents hope that some of their daughters are still alive, and to motivate the government to help release them.The girls, their hair covered and wearing long, flowing robes, line up against a dirty yellow wall. They show no obvious signs of maltreatment.Scripted appeal
As the camera focuses in on each of them, a man behind the camera fires off questions: "What's your name? Was that your name at school? Where were you taken from?"One by one, each girl calmly states her name and explains that she was taken from Chibok Government Secondary School. Only the occasional hesitation betrays a flicker of fear and emotion.As the two minute clip comes to an end, one of the girls, Naomi Zakaria, makes a final -- apparently scripted -- appeal to whoever is watching, urging the Nigerian authorities to help reunite the girls with their families."I am speaking on 25 December 2015, on behalf of the all the Chibok girls and we are all well," she says, stressing the word "all." Her intonation seems to imply that the 15 teens seen in the video have been chosen to represent the group as a whole.16 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsFalmata MusaHide Caption9 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsMartha JamesHide Caption10 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsMaraima YahayaHide Caption11 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsNaomi YahonaHide Caption12 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsKwazuku HamanHide Caption13 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsRifkatu UmarHide Caption14 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsHauwa IshayaHide Caption15 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsRuth AmosHide Caption16 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsIt's been two years since the "Chibok girls" were stolen from their families. For the first time, we see some of the girls alive in a video obtained by CNN. This is who they are.Hide Caption1 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsMuwa DanielHide Caption2 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsJuliana YakubuHide Caption3 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsRamati YagaHide Caption4 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsNaomi YagaHide Caption5 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsSaratu AyubaHide Caption6 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsNaomi ZakariaHide Caption7 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsJummai MutahHide Caption8 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsFalmata MusaHide Caption9 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsMartha JamesHide Caption10 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsMaraima YahayaHide Caption11 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsNaomi YahonaHide Caption12 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsKwazuku HamanHide Caption13 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsRifkatu UmarHide Caption14 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsHauwa IshayaHide Caption15 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsRuth AmosHide Caption16 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsIt's been two years since the "Chibok girls" were stolen from their families. For the first time, we see some of the girls alive in a video obtained by CNN. This is who they are.Hide Caption1 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsMuwa DanielHide Caption2 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsJuliana YakubuHide Caption3 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsRamati YagaHide Caption4 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsNaomi YagaHide Caption5 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsSaratu AyubaHide Caption6 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsNaomi ZakariaHide Caption7 of 1616 photos: A glimpse at the Chibok girlsJummai MutahHide Caption8 of 16The date given by Naomi matches information embedded in the video, suggesting it was filmed on Christmas Day, though whether that's true or whether the day was picked deliberately is unknown.Most of the 276 girls taken from Chibok on April 14, 2014 were Christian. They are believed to have been forced to convert to Islam by their terrorist captors.Their kidnapping -- and a lack of progress in tracking down and returning the girls -- sparked mass protests in Nigeria and across the world, with luminaries including Michelle Obama and Malala Yousafzai joining the social media campaign to #BringBackOurGirlsClassmate's lucky escapeThe Nigerian government says it has a copy of the "proof of life" video, and that it is in negotiations with those who supplied it to secure the girls' release, but says it remains unable to confirm or reject the recording's authenticity.Lai Mohammed, the country's Minister of Information, said there were concerns that the girls did not appear to have changed sufficiently, that they are not as different as one might expect, given the two years that have elapsed since their disappearance.Nigeria Senator: Chibok video obtained by CNN is credible 07:25CNN spoke to a classmate of the girls seen in the footage, who confirmed the identity of several of her friends.The soft-spoken teen, whose identity we will not reveal for her safety, was supposed to be at the school that Sunday night to sit exams along with the other girls, but made a last minute decision to go home, from where she could hear the school being attacked."We ran into the bush and stayed there for a month," she says.Watching the video, she becomes emotional, exclaiming 'Oh my God!' as she recognizes a close friend, points out another who was in the same hostel as her, and identifies one of the school's prefects, a leader in her class.While she considers herself one of the "lucky ones," the teenager says she still has nightmares about the experience."If I hear something on the news about them, it makes me have bad dreams and I cry," she confides.Two years of pain
Crowded around, their eyes glued to the computer screen, three of the girls' mothers weep and hug each other.Rifkatu Ayuba, Yana Galang and Mary Ishaya made the 77 mile (125km) journey from Chibok to Maiduguri reluctantly, not knowing what was in store; accustomed to endless media requests and intrusions into their grief, they arrived world weary and impatient.12 photos: In photos: Life after Boko HaramBut this time it was different: there was a rare of glimmer of hope.We told them we had important information to share with them about their daughters. Then we explained that we had a video of girls we believed to be their daughters and we wanted their help to verify it.Clad in boldly-printed headscarves and wrappers, the trio sat in the courtyard of a Maiduguri hotel, and watched intently as we hit "play."Within seconds, their worry-lined faces crumpled, the bottled-up pain of the past two years flowed freely. Hardly able to speak through the tears, Ayuba and Ishaya were able to point out their daughters, Saratu and Hauwa in the crowd of young women on the screen.Plea for negotiations
But for Galang, there was no such reward for her journey: She looked and looked, but her daughter Rifqata was not among the captives shown in the video.Taken girls of Nigeria01:08Her heartrending sobs as she came to realize this were difficult to hear."We have seen enough," she says eventually. "We know that the girls are alive and they are hidden. We are not worried. Our daughters look well."We have heard a lot of stories before but this video confirms that they are alive. The government should negotiate with Boko Haram."And there is comfort in this at least -- to know that, even after two years, there is still a chance the girls will be brought home to their families."I didn't see my daughter but I now have more hope that she is alive," she tells us and her friends. "You can see what is yours on the screen but you can't get it."All we want is our daughters."__._,_.___
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