The Nigeria Presidency has announced that it has sent a photograph of arrested bomber claiming to be one of the 219 missing Chibok Girls, to the Murtala Mohammed Foundation for verification by interested Chibok community stakeholders.
A statement by Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu today said that pictures of the arrested suspected bomber girl obtained by the Presidency officials indicated that the girl in question is in all likelihood a minor, of the age between nine and 12 years.
“Her accomplice is about 30 years or more. In addition, the two spoke no English at all but only Kanuri.”
Garba Shehu said that the pictures of the girl were being shielded from the public as a result of the well-known rules concerning the publication of child photography, even as he disclosed that the girl was found to be heavily drugged and bore several injuries on her body, for which she is receiving treatment.
“In view of this, it is unlikely that she is in the right form or shape for her movement to the regional capital, Maroua on Monday as earlier planned.
“The ministry of Women Affairs, the Nigerian High Commission in Cameroon and all agencies of government will continue to work together with other stakeholders in trying to get to the bottom of the issue.” [myad]
