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Freed Nigerian schoolgirls praise God

Nigeria will negotiate for ‘83 more Chibok girls’

By Michael Ireland, Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net)

ABUJA, NIGERIA (ANS, Oct. 21, 2016) -- Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, has spoken about the release of 21 girls and a boy born in captivity to one of their number, according to World Watch Monitor, www.worldwatchmonitor.org

“This is only the first step in what we believe will be total liberation and release of all the remaining girls,” Mohammed said.

“Already we are on phase two and we are already in discussions,” he said on Sunday (Oct. 16). “But of course you know these are very delicate negotiations, there are some promises we made also about the confidentiality of the entire exercise and we intend to keep them.”

mi Joy and tears as a family reunite with one of the released Chibok schoolgirls Abuja Nigeria OctAccording to the government’s Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, a splinter group of Boko Haram is willing to negotiate the release of 83 more girls. CNN reported that the other 114 girls are dead, or, reportedly, don’t want to leave their kidnappers because they are now married or have been radicalized.

World Watch Monitor says this release is only the second time any of the 219 long-term captives (over 50 girls escaped shortly after being taken) have found freedom.

Amina Ali Nkeki, 19, was the first of the 219 to be found alive when she was discovered by vigilantes in the Sambisa Forest. Nkeki revealed that she knew of six of the remaining 218 who had died. If negotiations to release 83 more are successful, that leaves at least 100 girls either still among Boko Haram or unaccounted for.

World Watch Monitor states there are conflicting reports about the terms of the girls’ release, which was brokered by the Swiss Government and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

mi Chibok girls met VP 10152016The government has denied any prisoner exchange, but, according to Associated Press, two military officers have said four detained Boko Haram commanders were freed; AP reports that a Nigerian who negotiated previous failed attempts also said a large ransom was paid by the Swiss government on behalf of Nigerian authorities.

World Watch Monitor says the released girls finally met with their families on Sunday in Abuja after some parents had travelled for days for the emotional reunion.

One of the girls, Gloria Dame, said they had survived for 40 days without food and narrowly escaped death at least once.

Muta Abana, who has been reunited with his daughter, Blessing, said he thought the girls’ abduction had been politicized, complaining that “people’s children aren’t money, people’s children are not clothes you wear to campaign, people’s children are their pride.”

The girls are currently receiving medical attention and trauma counselling in a hospital.

Photo captions: 1) Joy and tears as a family reunite with one of the released Chibok schoolgirls, Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. 2016. (World Watch Monitor) 2) Nigeria's Vice President: 'The whole country has been waiting that one day we will see you again.' (Photo Nigeria VP Office). 3) Michael Ireland.

Michael Ireland small useAbout the Writer: Michael Ireland is a volunteer internet journalist serving as Senior Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service, as well as an Ordained Minister who has served with ASSIST Ministries and written for ASSIST News Service since its beginning in 1989. He has reported for ANS from Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Israel, Jordan, China, and Russia. Please consider helping Michael cover his expenses in bringing news of the Persecuted Church, by logging-on to: https://actintl.givingfuel.com/ireland-michael

** You may republish this or any of our ANS stories with attribution to the ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net).



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Freed Nigerian schoolgirls praise God; 83 more may be released soon

October 18, 2016

By Mark Ellis

Parents overcome with emotion at release of their daughter from captivity

Parents overcome with emotion at release of their daughter from captivity

The sweet joy of freedom’s air filled 21 Chibok schoolgirls released from captivity in Nigeria. Now delicate negotiations are underway to release 83 more of the 275 Chibok schoolgirls originally kidnapped by Muslim extremists in 2014.

“Praise the Lord! We are thankful,” Helen Musa exclaimed, one of the 21. “We never imagined we would see this day.

“But with the help of God we were able to come out of bondage,” she declared.

More than two years have passed since 275 schoolgirls were kidnapped from their dormitories in Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria. Their disappearance generated headlines around the world and fueled a social-media storm, with the hashtag #bringbackourgirls.

Nearly all the kidnapped girls are Christians. During their captivity they lived in grass huts and were forced to convert to Islam. In the beginning their diet consisted of rice and maize. When food became scarce, a few of them died.

Helen Musa, one of many Christian girls released

Helen Musa, one of many Christian girls released

Some parents who met with the girls said one of the schoolgirls died of snakebite, one died in childbirth, and four died in a bombing, according to the New York Times.

Videos of the reunion ceremony showed families leaping up and down in celebration, singing songs of praise to Jesus.

“I felt like it was the day that I born her into this world,” said Ruth Markus, the mother of Saratu Markus, one of the freed girls. “I danced and danced and danced.”

It is hoped more of the girls will be released soon. “This is only the first step in what we believe will be total liberation and release of all the remaining girls,” said Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Information Minister.

“Already we are on phase two and we are already in discussions,” he said October 16th. “But of course you know these are very delicate negotiations, there are some promises we made also about the confidentiality of the entire exercise and we intend to keep them.”

A faction of the terror group Boko Haram is willing to negotiate the release of 83 more girls, according to a government spokesperson.

CNN reported that the other 114 girls are either dead, or don’t want to leave their captors because they are married or have been radicalized.

If negotiations to release 83 more are successful, that there will still be 100 girls unaccounted for, according to

Girls praying after release

Girls praying after release

World Watch Monitor (WWM).

The government denied there have been any deal made for the girls. But AP reported that four Boko Haram commanders were freed as part of an arrangement, along with a large ransom paid by the Swiss government on behalf of Nigerian authorities.

The released schoolgirls had a joy-filled reunion with their parents on October 16th. Some had travelled for days to reach their daughters.

“We are all very excited that you are here,” Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told the girls. “We are all happy that God has preserved your lives and brought you back.”

Pictures released by local media and a government official revealed one of the girls carrying a baby when she met Vice President Osinbajo. Many of the girls looked frail.

The names of the 21 girls released include:

  1. Mary Usman Bulama
  2. Jummai John
  3. Blessing Abana
  4. Luggwa Sanda
  5. Comfort Habila
  6. Maryam Basheer
  7. Comfort Amos
  8. Glory Mainta
  9. Saratu Emmanuel
  10. Deborah Ja’afaru
  11. Rahab Ibrahim
  12. Helen Musa
  13. Mayamu Lawan
  14. Rebecca Ibrahim
  15. Asabe Goni
  16. Deborah Andrawus
  17. Agnes Gapani
  18. Saratu Markus
  19. Glory Dama
  20. Pindah Nuhu
  21. Rebecca Mallam

Video: In Thanksgiving service girls offer praise to God
https://youtu.be/YD5m57fYN6M



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