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A girl, Amina Ali, believed to be among the Chibok schoolgirls, was announced rescued from the hands of the terrorists on Wednesday.
The army had again said in a statement on
Thursday that its troops killed 35 Boko Haram
terrorists and recovered several arms and
ammunition in the recovery of Luka.
The military statement said, “In addition, they
rescued 97 women and children held captives by
the Boko Haram terrorists. We are glad to state
that among those rescued is a girl believed to be
one of the Chibok Government Secondary
Schoolgirls that were abducted on April 14, 2014
by the Boko Haram terrorists.
“Her name is Miss Serah Luka, who is number
157 on the list of the abducted school girls. She
is believed to be the daughter of Pastor Luka.
During debriefing, the girl revealed that she was
an SS1 student of the school at the time they
were abducted. She further added that she hails
from Madagali, Adamawa State.”
However, the head of the Abducted Chibok Girls
Parents group, Yakubu Nkeki, told Agence France
Presse that unlike the first announcement about
Amina, the military had not contacted them
beforehand to establish Luka’s identity.
“Only two girls with the surname Luka were on
the list of abducted girls and none was from
Madagali, in neighbouring Adamawa State, as the
military said the second student had claimed,” he
added.
The military said Serah was believed to be a
pastor’s daughter, but Nkeki said there were only
four priests on the list of parents and none was
called Luka.
“I can say in my capacity as the head of the
Chibok Abducted Girls Parents group that this girl
is not among the abducted Chibok girls,” he said.
The head of the BringBackOurGirls campaign
group in Abuja, Mrs. Oby Ezekwisili, had
expressed joy at Luka’s rescue, but also
tweeted, “We have asked for some further
verification of her identity.”
Meanwhile, a senior military source, who pleaded
anonymity, told AFP that it was “beyond
reasonable doubt” that she was among the girls
snatched.
He said, “The military personnel who carried out
the rescue operation and the civilian vigilantes
who assisted them and those who know the girl
confirmed that she is among those abducted.
“We can only change our position if the principal
of the school or the government of Borno State
comes out and refutes this established identity
of the girl.”
Meanwhile, the BBOG group said that the return
of Luka, whether or not she was among the 219,
was a “victory for us all.”
The spokesperson for the group, Sesugh Akume,
also commended the efforts of the Nigerian
Army, the civilian Joint Task Force and other
security forces.
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