54 of 136 Girls From Latest Boko Haram Video Identified by Chibok Parents
54 of the 136 abducted girls shown in the latest Boko Haram video have been identified by their parents and fellow students who managed to escape their captors.
The information was contained in an official statement from the Borno State government and included the names of the identified girls. The state governor Kashim Shettima confirmed that the young girls shown in the latest Boko Haram video released on Monday, May 12, were indeed among the schoolgirls abducted on April 14 from the dormitories of the Government Secondary School, Chibok.
Parents of the abducted girls, four escapees, fellow students, teachers, security men and some state officials, led by Chief of Staff, Government House, Abubakar Kari, viewed the video at the Government House in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State.
According to eyewitnesses, the parents wept and screamed at the sight of their daughters and expressed anger that the girls had been forced to wear concealing Islamic dress.
Below are the names of the girls already identified by their parents and fellow students:
1. Agnes Gafane
2. Saraya Stober
3. Hauwa Bitrus
4. Hajara Isa
5. Na’omi Philimun
6. Hauwa Abdu (1st girl speaking)
7. Magret Yama
8. Shitta Abdu
9. Jummai Muta
10. Ladi Paul
11. Roda Peter
12. Filo Dauda
13. Godiya Bitrus
14. Saratu Tauji (2nd girl speaking)
15. Ross Daniel
16. Hauwa Ali
17. Hajara Isa (Amira 3rd girl speaking)
18. Luba Afga
19. Na'omi Luka
20. Saraya Emos Ali
21. Bilkisu Abdullahi
22. Mairama Ali
23. Maryam Ali Maiyanga
24. Dabora Abbas
25. Kabu Mala
26. Halima Ali
27. Yana Bukar
28. Solomi Pugu
29. Lydia Emmar
30. Luba Sanda
31. Saraya Samuel
32. Comfort Habila
33. Rejoice Shanki
34. Gloria Yaga
35. Mary Nkeki
36. Moda Baba
37. Hauwa Isuwa
38. Patient Jacob
39. Ladi Jajel
40. Abigel Bukar
41. Fanta Lawan
42. Zainabu Yaga
43. Aisha Lawan Zanna
44. Dokas Yakubu
45. Kabu Mala
46. Maryama Bashir
47. Hauwa M. Maina
48. Mary G. Dauda
49. Susana Yakubu
50. Maryam Abbas
51. Laraba John
52. Hanatu Nuhu
53. Na'omi Bukar
54. Rifkatu Galang
The identification exercise still continues at the Government House.
In the video, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appears separately from the girls. He says the girls may be released in exchange for the release of terrorists who serve their prison time, adding the girls have been "liberated" by converting to Islam.
The girls are shown wearing full-length hijab and reciting Quranic verses. Three of them are interviewed.
It is worth noting that not all of the abducted girls are shown in the video. Some speculate that a number of the girls shown were not from Chibok but among those kidnapped from other Borno villages. Others say this might prove the theory that the girls have been split into groups.
Source: Legit.ng
