Controversy is currently surrounding the studentship of the second female rescued from Boko Haram who is being assumed to be one of the abducted Chibok girls.
Serah Luka
Chibok Abducted Girls Parents group have expressed uncertainty over the identity of the second rescued captive of the Boko Haram sect who has been announced to be another Chibok school girl rescued from the sect after over two years in captivity.
The teenager, Serah Luka who has been announced as a second breakthrough in the recovery of the abducted 219 girls after the first victim, Amina Ali who is a mother of one was recovered from Sambisa forest where she was being held by Boko Haram fighters alongside others yet to be reached.
Yakubu Nkeki, the head of the Chibok Abducted Girls Parents group told AFP he wasn't contacted before the leadership of the Nigerian military went public with the sensational news.
Reports have it that Serah Luka was rescued with 97 other women and children in the Damboa, Borno state after a fatal military attack on the camp of the insurgents that left 35 suspected Boko Haram operatives dead in a gunfire exchange.
The distraught teenager was interviewed by security operatives and she revealed to the soldiers and vigilante group that was a Christian pastor’s daughter originally from Madagali, in neighbouring Adamawa state, and had been in Chibok to sit her exams.
Contrarily, Nkeki has revealed his records showed only two girls with the surname Luka which conflicts the name 'Serah' that he has no record of.
“These are Kauna Luka Yana and Naomi Luka Dzakwa. Among the list of parents we have only four priests and none of them is Luka.
“Among the girls none of them is from Madagali. They were either from Chibok, Damboa, Askira and Uba (all in Borno state). So I can say… that this girl is not among the abducted Chibok girls.
“We were never contacted by the military for verification of the girl’s identity before the announcement was made,” Nkeki said.
A human rights activist in Mubi, Adamawa, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of his work, also said a Serah Luka was not on the list of the missing.
The Nigerian military is hereby still maintaining its stand that Sera Luka is among the abducted Chibok girls pending a final clarification from the school principal of the Chibok school who has an access to the school records.