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| Colonel Sani Usman |
The Nigerian Army has
declared three persons wanted in connection with the latest video of the
abducted Chibok girls released by Boko Haram on Sunday. Spokesman for the
Army, Colonel Sani Usman, said that the suspects, Ahmed Salkida, (Ambassador)
Ahmed U. Bolori and Aisha Wakil, had information on the conditions and the
exact location of these girls.
They were abducted on
April 14, 2014 from their school’s dormitory in Chibok, while they were
preparing for their Secondary School Certificate examinations.
Colonel Usman said
that two recent incidents had pointed to the fact that the suspects were
connected to the terrorist group.
He said: “The
Nigerian Army hereby declare the two gentlemen and the lady wanted for
interrogation.
“We are relying on
the relevant laws of the land and in particular the Terrorism Prevention Act
2011 (as amended) where Nigerians could be punished for failure to disclose
information about terrorists or terrorists’ activities.
“This become
necessary as a result of their link with the last two videos released by Boko
Haram Terrorists and other findings of our preliminary investigations”.
New Video Of Chibok
Girls
The army also urged
Nigerians to provide useful information on their whereabouts.
Colonel Usman said
that the military was also liaising with other security agencies for their
arrest if they failed to turn up.
The Boko Haram had
earlier on Sunday released a new video of the Chibok Girls.
It showed some girls
they claimed were the schoolgirls they abducted from Government Secondary
School, Chibok in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria.
News of the video
release first emerged on Twitter, with Nigerian Blogger, Ahmad Salkida,
claiming it was sent to him by the Abubakar Shekau faction of the Boko Haram.
Since the abduction
of the over 200 girls, the Nigerian government has appealed for their
unconditional release but the terrorists group said they had been married off.
The military has also
made concerted efforts to rescue them, with several appeals made to Nigerians
with any information to volunteer to the military or security agencies to
enable them rescue the girls.
After their abduction
in April 2014, several protests were launched in different countries, with a
‘Bring Back Our Girl’ demand.
Less than 10 of the
girls have been rescued since their abduction.
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