"Chibok Girls Could Die If..." - Negotiator

jonathan

June 2, 2014 1:13 PM

If the over 200 girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, who were kidnapped over a month ago by Boko Haram sect are not rescued on time, many of them could drop dead as they are seriously ill with no medication to take care of them, so says chief mediator, Dr. Stephen Davis.

According to Australian cleric, Dr. Stephen Davis, who is an international hostage negotiator trying to broker an agreement between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram sect over the kidnap of over 200 female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, some of the girls could drop dead as they are seriously sick with no medication to treat them.

Dr. Davis who was hired by President Goodluck Jonathan to help mediate in the release of the girls, told the online publication of a British newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, that if the girls are not rescued on time, many of them could just drop dead while there are fears that some of them could actually be pregnant for the sect members who have been having a field day raping the girls.

According to the newspaper, the clergyman who was once the Canon Emeritus at the Coventry Cathedral in London, has been in Nigeria working secretly on the release of the girls for almost a month now. Dr. Davis was previously involved in brokering a truce between the Federal Government and Niger Delta militants in 2004, and has been in contact with the Boko Haram sect for the past seven years.

This is what he told The Mail: "One of that small group of girls is ill and we had hoped we might convince the commander of the group holding them that they should be released so we could give them medical treatment.

"There are other girls who are not well and we have come close to having them released but their captors fear a trap in which they will be captured in the handover process. One girl has what I assume is a broken wrist as they demonstrate to me how she holds her hand. I have been told that others are sick and in need of medical attention.

"But I am encouraged by the progress. Every day there is the possibility of the release of the girls. This is painful for the parents and the nation. The well-being of the girls is constantly on our minds and we want to see their release as soon as possible."

jonathan