Kidnapped Chibok girls moved to Ashaka forest, Gombe – Source

“We have not, even for once, lost hope that these girls would be freed.”
The kidnapped Chibok girls have been moved from the Sambisa forest towards the forest around Ashaka in Gombe State, a top security official has told PREMIUM TIMES.
The security official, who sought anonymity as he was not authorised to speak, also denied the rumor that some of the girls were rescued on Saturday.
He, however, said there were high hopes for the quick rescue of the girls based on the ongoing cooperation between Nigerian officials and their counterparts from the U.S. and U.K. on the rescue efforts.
“It is not true that they have been rescued yet, but we noticed and observed movement of some of the girls from the Sambisa region towards Ashaka forest in Gombe state”, said the security personnel.
The officer added that efforts are being put in place to “carefully track” the abductors and get the girls freed.
“We have not, even for once, lost hope that these girls would be freed. This is a delicate matter which must be handled with all professionalism and absolute care”, the source added.
For almost a month that the over 250 girls were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, the Nigerian military has decided not to provide information on details of its rescue efforts.
The military has, however, said it is doing its best to free the girls.
Efforts to speak to the military spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, on the latest report of the girls’ sighting were unsuccessful as he did not pick or return calls nor respond to a text message sent to his phone.

Yaw seff Vex o….Abeg No Vex....lol

YawYaw of Wazobia is not so please with the current situation in the country, therefore, he has joined the Us Marine and he’s ready to go to Borno to get back our girls…….lol.

Kim Kardashian and Nicky Minaj has joined the #bringbackourgirls awareness

We want to say a big thank you to all the international stars who has been supporting the movement to bring back the kidnapped Nigerian school girls, I believe we are going to get them back soon..

Is complains and blames for failure of our culture? – Nkiru Sylvanus

“#bring back our girls. We have all spoken, we are known for that, we have always been like this, as a child growing up, all I hear is complains and blames, why this is not working or why that isn’t working, it has always been good reasons why we failed! Now am beginning to ask, is that our way of life? Is complains and blames for failure our culture? This is a great nation! We can actually take responsibility for our actions, we can solve the problems we created! The kidnappers, armed robbers, terrorist, are someone’s brothers, close friends, husband, boy friend, lover! Father! So they are human they live among us. There can only be change when we agree. In a nation where government has failed us, we as individuals can bring the change and solution we seek and desire. It’s all about sacrifice, it’s all about our voices! It’s all about unity! Not an opportunity to be popular! Or an opportunity to be richer! I was once a victim! From my little experience I can imagine what those children are passing through! Pray that ur freedom is not taken by a friend! Not to talk about an enemy! This is not a time to cry or weep for this nation for we have wept for too long. it’s a time to act! A time to stand together! A time for solution! Like Obama will say! “Yes we can” and I Nkeiruka Sylvanus say! Now is the time not tomorrow!”

Charles Novia also feels the Chibok Abduction may be exaggerated

‘I will sell them,’ Boko Haram leader, Shekau says of kidnapped Nigerian girls

Fears for the fate of more than 200 Nigerian girls turned even more nightmarish Monday when the leader of the Islamist group that kidnapped them announced plans to sell them.
“I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah,” a man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video first obtained by Agence France-Presse.
“There is a market for selling humans. Allah says I should sell. He commands me to sell. I will sell women. I sell women,” he continued, according to a CNN translation from the local Hausa language.
Boko Haram means “Western education is sin.” In his nearly hourlong, rambling video, Shekau repeatedly called for Western education to end.
“Girls, you should go and get married,” he said.
The outrageous threat means the girls’ parents worst fears could be realized. Parents have been avoiding speaking to the media for fear their daughters may be singled out for reprisals.
“Wherever these girls are, we’ll get them out,” Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed Sunday.
But weeks after the girls were kidnapped April 14, Africa’s largest country seems to be no closer to finding them, triggering complaints of ineptitude — some of which is expressed on Twitter with the globally trending hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
On Sunday, about 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Nigerian High Commission in London, chanting, “Bring them back!” and “Not for sale!”
Crowds from Los Angeles to London rallied on Saturday as well.
“Access to education is a basic right & an unconscionable reason to target innocent girls,” former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote Sunday on Twitter. “We must stand up to terrorism. #BringBackOurGirls.”
Families had sent their girls to the rural school in Chibok to try to get them a desperately needed education. Though Nigeria has Africa’s largest economy, poverty remains widespread: Nearly 62% of the country’s nearly 170 million people live in extreme poverty, according to the CIA World Factbook.
According to accounts, armed members of Boko Haram overwhelmed security guards at school last month, pulled the girls out of bed and forced them into trucks. The convoy of trucks then disappeared into the dense forest bordering Cameroon.
On Friday, Nigerian authorities updated the number of girls kidnapped to 276. At least 53 of the girls escaped, leaving 223 in the hands of their captors, police said.
Authorities said the number of missing girls could grow as police fill in spotty school enrollment records.

#BringBackOurGirls protest leader arrested in Abuja

The leader of the ongoing protest pressuring the Nigerian government to act and rescue over 240 schoolgirls abuducted in Chibok, Borno state has been arrested.
Naomi Mutah Nyadar was detained by the police early Monday morning at Asokoro police station.
“We believe it is in connection with the protests she is leading,” her lawyer, Samuel Ogala, of the Falana and Falana Chambers explained.
Mrs. Nyadar has sustained the #BringBackOurGirls protest at the Unity Fountain, less than 200 metres away from the Transcorp Hilton Hotels venue of the planed World Economic Forum, WEF, starting in less than 52 hours. The protest ground could be sighted from the left wing of the hotel’s rooms.
The Nigerian government, eager to give the attendees of the World Economic Forum an impression of safety and serenity, shutdown all public offices and schools in the city.
Nigeria’s First Lady, accused of masterminding her arrest, was seen yesterday ‘crying’ over the abduction of the Chibok Schoolgirls. I think this crocodile tears is not because of 2015. Playing politics with human lives