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Presidency invites Chibok stakeholders to come and identify injured suicide bomber claiming to be abducted Chibok girl

News Express |28th Mar 2016 | 2,523
Presidency invites Chibok stakeholders to come and identify injured suicide bomber claiming to be abducted Chibok girl

The Presidency on Monday evening invited Chibok community stakeholders to come and identify an injured suspected suicide bomber claiming to be one of the 219 missing Chibok girls.

Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity) Garba Shehu said in a statement in Abuja: “Considering the well-known guidelines regarding the publication of photography of minors, we have decided to forward the pictures of the suspected bomber to the Murtala Mohammed Foundation for verification by interested Chibok community stakeholders.

“The Ministry of Women Affairs, the Nigerian High Commission in Cameroon and other agencies of government will continue to work together with other stakeholders to verify all the issues.”

Shehu said that Cameroonian health and security officials on Monday started the treatment of the arrested suicide bomber.

“The girl was found to be heavily drugged and bore several injuries on her body,” he said, adding:

“The girl’s health condition had delayed her movement to the far north regional capital of Cameroon, Maroua, as earlier planned.

“Pictures of the arrested suspected bomber obtained by Nigerian officials indicated that the girl was likely a minor, between ages nine to 12 years.

“Her accomplice was about 30 years or more, and both spoke only in Kanuri Language.”

•Photo shows some of the abducted Chibok girls.

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