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Female suicide bomber not Chibok girl, report reveals
The real identity of the self-confessed female suicide bomber arrested in Cameroon a latest report has revealed is not one of the 219 Chibok schoolgirls after all.
According to Cameroonian authorities, the name of the self-confessed female suicide bomber is Aissatou Musa and her accomplice is Mamma Sali.
Cameroon has released the identities of the girl and another female suicide bomber to Nigerian security agencies and delegation to Yaounde.
But the girls were yet to be handed over to the Federal Government as at press time.
According to investigation, the Cameroonian authorities had completed the debriefing and profile of the two girls and communicated to Nigerian security agencies and an official delegation to Yaounde.
It was learnt that the two girls have never had the opportunity of Western Education.
A report said in part: “Available information as regards the acclaimed Chibok girl indicated as follows: Aissatou Musa, who claimed to be one of the Chibok girls, is the daughter of Musa Bladi and Fanta (mother) of Mandara Ethnic Group.
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“The second girl is Mamma Sali. She is the daughter of Sali Chetima and Hajiya Bintou of Kanuri tribe.
“Both hail from Bama and speak in Mandara, Hausa and Kanuri. They have never been to Western school except Koranic schools. They have no relationship with the 219 Chibok girls.”
The #BringBackOurGirls group on Saturday gave the Federal Government 24 hours to unveil the true identity of the self-confessed Chibok female suicide bomber.
In a statement, which was signed by Aisha Yesufu, Oby Ezekwesili and Hadiza Bala Usman, the group said: “The Nigerian government as a matter of urgency, needs to swiftly act to ascertain the facts of this matter and make them public. It is getting to 24 hours since the news broke.”
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