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The Bring Back Our Girls #BBOG advocacy group has faulted claims by the Nigerian Military that the second returnee Chibok girl, Serah Luka was a Senior Secondary School One student of Government Secondary School, Chibok at the time of her kidnap.
This came on the heels of claims by Haruna Mutali, a community leader in Chibok, who said the second girl was not abducted from the school but from her home.
The group also disclosed that Miss Luka was never abducted in Chibok, Borno state but in her home, Madagali in Adamawa state.
Spokesperson of the group, Sesugh Akume made the clarification in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.
He said “According to Haruna Mutali, a community leader in Chibok, their background checks have revealed that this second returnee, Miss Serah Luka was an SSS 1 learner at GSS Chibok, who was abducted by the insurgents in her home in Madagali. “Every citizen returned is victory for us all. We appeal to the humanity in us to stay positively focused on emerging developments.
We wish to advice caution in disseminating information too promptly, as we appeal that we respect the human dignity of our returnees and their loved ones, as we engage on this topic”, the statement added.
Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman had, in a statement on Thursday night, announced the rescue of Miss Luka.
Mausi Segun, Nigeria researcher for Human Rights Watch decried attempt by the Federal Government to make a political capital out of the girls.
He said Amina’s first days of freedom should have concentrated on her mental and physical health, as well as that of her daughter. The government should have protected and respected her dignity “before you roll the cameras and make political capital out of her recovery”, she told AFP.
Tsambido Hosea Abana, leader of the Chibok community in Abuja, on Thursday accused the federal and Borno state government of “treating Amina like an item”.
She is a traumatised young woman who needs immediate care and not any further media circus,” he said in a statement.