Rakiyat Gali: BBOG confirms identity of newly found Chibok girl
Rakiya Gali Abubakar, a former abductee who was recently found by Nigerian soldiers, is one of the over 200 girls Boko Haram kidnapped from Chibok.
Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Group, which has been pressuring the Nigerian government to rescue the girls from Boko Haram terrorists, confirmed Rakiya’s identity on Thursday.
“Having exhausted all our internal verification modalities, our movement can confirm that Rakiya Abubakar Gali (#49 in our list as Rakiya Gali) is indeed one of our missing Chibok girls,” BBOG spokesperson Sesuh Akume said in a statement.
“She is the 24th to return out of 219 missing #ChibokGirls.
“One hundred and ninety-five (195) remain missing. It is 3 days to #Day1000 and we remain highly hopeful that the rest of our girls will be rescued and reunited with their families.
“We commend the Nigerian military, the Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF), the Civilian JTF, and all the security forces working day and night to rout the terrorists, and return our #ChibokGirls and all others abducted,” the group said in its statement on Thursday evening.
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The Nigerian Army had confirmed reports the girl was found by troops in Borno.
“Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE during investigation of arrested suspected Boko Haram terrorists discovered one of the abducted Chibok School girls, Rakiya Abubakar, with her six months old baby,” Army spokesperson Sani Kukasheka Usman said.
“According to preliminary investigation, it was discovered she is the daughter of Abubakar Gali Mulima and Habiba Abubakar of Chibok. She further stated that she was a student of Senior Secondary School Class 3B (SS 3B), before her abduction along with her colleagues on 14th April 2014 by the Boko Haram terrorists.
“Rakiya Abubakar is presently undergoing further medical investigation and would soon be released to the Borno State Government.”
We can confirm that Rakiya has been handed over to the Borno State government. She will likely be presented to President Muhammadu Buhari.
In 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 girls from a school in Chibok, Borno State. Some of the girls were released last year. It’s been almost 1000 days since the girls were abducted. BBOG is preparing to mark it with protests.
