Nigeria: Please Release Dapchi Girls, 'Mama Boko Haram' Pleads

27 February 2018

With a strong conviction that the Abu Musab Al-Barnawi-led faction of Boko Haram might be responsible for the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls, a North-East human rights activist, popularly called Mama Boko Haram, Aisha Wakil, has appealed to the abductors to release the young female captives.

Ms. Wakil, a former member of the Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in Northern Nigeria under the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan, had, in previous efforts, brought military officers and Boko Haram commanders together during negotiations. She was also credited to the release of some abductees from the Boko Haram sect via phone calls to the leadership, including some Chibok girls.

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