Controversy trails the return of girls rescued at Sambisa Forest
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters via it’s verified Twitter account tweeted that troops had just rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa Forest.
As good as it sounds, that at least a large number of kidnapped girls and women have just been rescued, the military headquaters added that it could not immediately ascertain if some of these were the kidnapped Chibok girls or not.
FLASH: Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls & 93 women from #Sambisa Forest. We cannot confirm if the #ChibokGirls are in this group /1
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) April 28, 2015
Immediately, news went viral the kidnapped Chibok girls had been found and while the Defence headquarters updated that the freed persons are being profiled,
#Sambisa Forest: The freed persons are now being screened and profiled. We will bring you details later. /3 #NeverAgain — DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) April 28, 2015
to confirm their identity, AP news immediately confirmed that none of the kidnapped Chibok girls are among the rescued 293.
BREAKING: Army spokesman: 293 females rescued in northeastern Nigeria are not girls abducted from Chibok.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 28, 2015
As at the time of this report, the Defence Headquarters is yet to make any confirmations on the matter, apart from announcing that the girls and women were being profiled at a safe location. Nigerians, however, remain eager to see the saga of the Chibok girls who have been in captivity now for more than a year, brought to an end.
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