BREAKING: List Of Chibok Girls Who Refused to be Freed, Force Them Out - Chibok Leaders

Leaders of Chibok community, under the aegis of Kibaku Area Development Association, have faulted a claim by one of the negotiators, Zannah Mustapha, who said some abducted schoolgirls refused to be part of a group of 82 girls freed at the weekend.

The Chairman, Chibok Community in Abuja, Hosea Tsambido, told newsmen in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the attitude of the Federal Government was not only suspicious but was at variance with how the government handled the rescue of the 21 schoolgirls in October last year.

Mustapha had told newsmen that the refusal of the other girls may be because they have been radicalised by the Islamic terrorist group or might be afraid, ashamed or even feel too powerful to return to their old lives.

Reacting, however, Tsambido said the community would never accept such a claim because the government could use it as an excuse to give up on the rescue of the other girls.

He said, “The most disheartening and annoying thing is the statement credited to one of the negotiators who said some of the girls refused to come out. We don’t want to hear that, even if the girls don’t want to come out, it is not for him to advertise.

“The girls must come out, whether they like it or not; they should force them out, just as they were forced in, they should be forced out. As their mind was changed by Boko Haram, when they return to us, we will change their mind back.”

Tsambido said some politicians from Borno State were allowed to see the girls, who are currently in the custody of the Department of State Services, lamenting that Chibok leaders, resident in Abuja, were denied access to the girls.

“We have still not been contacted; parents have still not been contacted. All I was told is that some people from Chibok, two district heads and the former and present chairmen of the local government area, came to Abuja and were allowed access to the girls. Some community leaders from Abuja, who went with them, were barred from entering”, he added.‎

The leader noted that he had matched the names of the freed girls with the list he had with him.

“I started comparing the list with the one that I have and I have seen a good number of the names that matched the list I have, so I believe that they are the Chibok girls,” Tsambido stated.