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BREAKING: Father Identifies Daughter In New Boko Haram ‘Chibok Girls’ Video.
The father of one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote area of Chibok more than two years ago said he recognised his daughter in a video released by Boko Haram on Sunday.
A spokesman for the Bring Back Our Girls movement, set up to demand the return of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in April 2014, said he was “certain” of the identities of 10 other girls seen in the footage.
Parent of Dorcas Yakubu who spoke from Boko Haram Video, Mrs Esther Yakubu and Mr Yakubu during press Conference held by #Bring Back Our Girls group at Unity Fountain Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan
“When I heard her voice, I realised she is my daughter,” Kanu Yakubu told reporters in Abuja.
He was referring to Maida Yakubu, whom he identifies as the girl seen in the video choking back her tears as she describes an air strike by the Nigerian armed forces.
The girl speaks in the Chibok dialect.
Bring Back Our Girls spokesman Abubakar Abdullahi earlier on Sunday said at least one of the girls had been recognised by a member of the movement.
The number of girls identified from the video has now risen significantly, he said.
“We’re certain that these are the Chibok girls,” Abdullahi told AFP.