Chibok Community Blasts Government And Media Over Treatment Of Rescued Girl

Members of Chibok community
have decried what they described
as the inhuman treatment meted
upon their daughter, Amina Nkeki,
who was abducted in 2014 and
found on Tuesday.
Addressing journalists on
Thursday, representatives of the
community condemned the
description of a Boko Haram
suspect, Mohammed Hayatu, caught
alongside Amina, as her husband.
The chairman of Chibok
Community in Abuja, Tsambido
Hosea, said Mr. Hayatu should
rather have been reported as their
daughter’s exploiter.
“We condemn, in strong terms, the
calling of Mohammad Hayyatu as
Boko Haram husband of our
daughter,” he said.
“Upon confirmation by the
Nigerian Military, he should be
referred to as a: “Boko Haram
sexual exploiter.
“Amina had no husband and who
ever that was rescued with her
should not be referred to as her
husband for any reason,” Mr.
Hosea stated.
He added that Ms. Amina should
have been treated as an individual
different from Mr. Hayyatu.
“They should be treated separately
until Amina is fully rehabilitated.
“Even if he is also abducted and
forced to marry her, he should not
be referred to in any way as her
husband, because there was never
consent in getting her with a baby,”
Mr. Hosea said.
Mr. Hosea who was speaking at a
meeting organised by the Bring
Back Our Girls Group, called for the
immediate investigation of Mr.
Hayatu’s role with Boko Haram,
and his relationship with Amina.
“We are strongly calling on
government to set up a team of
expert investigators to investigate
Mohammad Hayatu’s involvement
into Boko Haram that led him to be
the sexual exploiter of our daughter
Amina so as to allow the law to
take its proper course,” he said.
“He should be treated based on
what investigations will reveal not
to conclude from start that he was
also abducted,” he stated.
Mr. Hosea said the government
should follow the verification,
authentication and reintegration
system organised by the BBOG to
restore Ms. Amina and her family.
“We therefore refer government
and its agencies to the Verification,
Authentication and Reintegration
System that BBOG designed with
the participation of our
community,” he said.
Speaking on behalf of the BBOG,
Aisha Yesufu, said the manner
Amina was photographed with a
plate of “tattered looking rice, and
side by side with Mr. Hayyatu” was
inconsiderate.
She called on the government to
publicise all matters relating to the
discovery of the Chibok girls.
“All stakeholders; that is Parents,
Chibok Community (KADA), BBOG,
among others should be involved in
any process of discussing and
relevant actions relating to Amina
and her colleagues that we are
expecting their rescue soonest for
purpose of transparency and
confidence building.
“We are insisting Amina Ali’s
mother, as well as her guardian
and the Parents’ Association
Chairman, Mr. Yakubu Nkeki, be
made part of decision making
concerning her well-being.”