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Family Demands News of Nigerian Girl Who Escaped Boko Haram
Source: Associated Press
Family Demands News of Nigerian Girl Who Escaped Boko Haram
By MICHELLE FAUL, ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS, Nigeria — Jun 23, 2016, 12:46 PM ET
Even family haven't been able to see her. Nigeria's Bring Back Our Girls movement is demanding that the government provide news of the only Chibok schoolgirl among 219 kidnapped to escape the clutches of Boko Haram Islamic extremists.
"Even this morning people came to my house asking if I had been able to find out her whereabouts. It's outrageous! Some people are crying!" Yakubu Nkeki, an uncle of Amina Ali Nkeki, told The Associated Press by telephone on Thursday.
"We don't understand why the government wants to keep her family away," he said.
Hunters found Ali last month wandering on the fringes of Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold with her 4-month-old baby and the father of the child, a Boko Haram fighter who she said helped her escape.
She was flown to the capital, Abuja, for a televised meeting at which President Muhammadu Buhari promised her the best care and rehabilitation. The Bring Back Our Girls movement says no one has seen her since.
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By MICHELLE FAUL, ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS, Nigeria — Jun 23, 2016, 12:46 PM ET
Even family haven't been able to see her. Nigeria's Bring Back Our Girls movement is demanding that the government provide news of the only Chibok schoolgirl among 219 kidnapped to escape the clutches of Boko Haram Islamic extremists.
"Even this morning people came to my house asking if I had been able to find out her whereabouts. It's outrageous! Some people are crying!" Yakubu Nkeki, an uncle of Amina Ali Nkeki, told The Associated Press by telephone on Thursday.
"We don't understand why the government wants to keep her family away," he said.
Hunters found Ali last month wandering on the fringes of Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold with her 4-month-old baby and the father of the child, a Boko Haram fighter who she said helped her escape.
She was flown to the capital, Abuja, for a televised meeting at which President Muhammadu Buhari promised her the best care and rehabilitation. The Bring Back Our Girls movement says no one has seen her since.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bring-back-girls-demands-news-escaped-chibok-girl-40056800