Mazi Emeka: Something doesn’t smell right about this Chibok girl story

After more than two years in captivity, one Chibok girl, out of the 273 kidnapped girls, was found today. Reportedly.

Like it was in 2014, the world has come together to celebrate her return as they mourned her kidnap. So far more than 47 thousand tweets have used the word “Chibok” and Chibok is trending on social media platforms, globally.

But there’s a downer though. And it’s making our inner doubting Thomas uncomfortable.

Let me take you on a trip into my thoughts.

The rescued Chibok girl has been called different names and varying accounts have been given on how the girl was found or rescued.

In its official statement, the Nigerian Army gave the girl’s name as Falmata Mbalala and said that the girl was found in Baale, near the town of Damboa, about 56 miles southwest of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

On the other hand, the girl’s name was given as Aisha Ali by local community leaders, who took the girl to the Vice-Principal of her school in Chibok for identification before turning her over to the Army based in Damboa.

Yet some, like this paper, have called her Amina.

According to Vanguard, the girl was found by local vigilantes in Kilakesa village on the edge of Sambisa Forest near Damboa.

So we have three conflicting names and two different accounts of how the girl was rescued/found.

Are you thinking what I am thinking?

But because you are not in my minds, I will tell you what’s in my mind with a question.

Is the Nigerian army claiming what it didn’t do?

We wait for answers even as we pray for the health of the rescued girl.

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