The Nigerian military has refuted reports that claimed kidnapped Chiboks
girls are pregnant and ill. One of the Chibok girls who recently
escaped from captivity was quoted as saying that many of the girls in
Boko Haram camps are pregnant and down with VVF and other venereal
disease. According to the Nigerian military, this report is not true.
They released a statement to this effect. Read below
The attention of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has been drawn to the
above caption published in the Saturday Vanguard of 10 October 2015 in
which it claimed one of the Chibok girls who escaped from terrorists’
captivity was handed to the military post in Baga. The spurious report
by the Vanguard is not only misleading but is once again another
unconscionable outing as there is no iota of truth in its entirety,
hence should be disregarded.
In as much as the Nigerian military and other
security agencies are working round the clock to secure the release of
not only the Chibok girls but other innocent citizens who are held
hostage by the terrorist, it will not give in to misleading reports
which has no true source as we have repeatedly pledged to inform the
Nigerian publics on the true situation on our ongoing operations.
The sensitive nature of this report notwithstanding, the moral
justification for this false publication cannot be substantiated. Like
other well meaning Nigerians, friends of Nigeria and the international
community who showed concern for the plight of the abducted girls, the
Nigerian military also being a component of the society, is equally
worried and is doing everything possible to address the current security
challenges.
The search for abducted Chibok school girls and the rescue of other
Nigerian in hostage has never relapse as could be attested to in recent
times where hundreds of women and children were rescued by the military
through its coordinated operations. The military has and will continue
to sustain the operation until the entire North East is cleared of all
terrorists and miscreants.
The DHQ is not unmindful of the media’s good intention in this regards
however, we wish to advise reporters and any other stakeholders to be
good partners in ensuring their safe rescue and successful termination
of terrorists campaign. We also urge journalist to be cautious of
reporting such issues and by extension, security and defence related
matters.
We wish to once again remind journalists to seek clarifications on any
issue relating to military operations and other national sensitive
matters before going to press.
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