Pregnant Girl Is Not One Of the Abducted Chibok Girls

A teenage girl abandoned by her captors in Adamawa State about two weeks ago is not one of the schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents, the leader of the Chibok Elders Forum, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, has said.

The girl was abandoned at Mararraban Mubi in Hong Local Government and was feared to be one of the abducted girls.

She was reportedly dumped at an unidentified location from where she trekked for three days to a village near Mararraban Mubi, where she was found by villagers and taken to a police station. The girl was later moved to Abuja and kept in the custody of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI).

It was learnt that to ascertain her true identity, leaders of the Chibok community in Abuja and the Vice Principal (Academics) of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, were brought to Abuja to identify the girl, who gave her name as Suzanna Ishaya.

However, it has been established that the girl was not one of the Chibok girls.

Bitrus said: “We have confirmed that she is not from Chibok and is not one of the girls abducted in April. She is in the custody of the security agencies.”

The Chibok leader said the girl might have been abducted in another location by Boko Haram insurgents and given in marriage to one of their commanders.

The girl, upon examination, was found to be four months pregnant, with signs of physical abuse on her body.