A little 15-year-old girl who was sent on suicide mission and was caught by security operatives has pleaded not to be killed as she revealed that she is one of the kidnapped Chibok girls.

A suspected suicide bomber intercepted in northern Cameroon friday before she could blow herself up is claiming to be one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by
Boko Haram terrorists in Chibok, Borno State in 2014, military and local government sources in Cameroon
said. Also friday, the military in the ongoing Boko Haram
clearance operation, intercepted two female suicide bomber in a Borno State town; one of them was killed
before she could carry out the act, while the second one blew herself to death.
The two girls arrested in Cameroon friday were carrying explosives and were stopped by local self-defence forces in the village of Limani, in an area of
northern Cameroon that has been the target of frequent suicide bombings in recent months.
They were then handed over to Cameroonian soldiers belonging to a multi-national force set up to take on
Boko Haram.
“One of them indeed declared that she is one of the Chibok hostages. She is around 15. We are now verifying, because on the Nigerian side they have the
names and photos of these girls,” said Cameroonian local government administrator, Raymond Roksdo.
Two military sources, who asked not to be identified as they were not authorised to speak to the press, also confirmed that the girl had claimed to have been
one of the Chibok abductees.
“We need a few days to be able to confirm this information. We have to debrief all the men who were present and interrogate the two girls before we can say anything, ” one of the military sources said.
In a high-profile attack that sparked a global outcry, Boko Haram militants raided the school in April 2014
while the girls were taking exams. They loaded 270 of them onto trucks, though around 50 escaped shortly
afterwards. Former president Goodluck Jonathan was criticised for his slow reaction to the Chibok
abductions. It was nearly a month before a fact-finding committee
travelled to Chibok to establish whether the abduction actually happened and how many girls were missing.
Muhammadu Buhari, who defeated Jonathan in an election last year, ordered a new investigation into the
kidnappings in January.
Joint operations between Nigeria and its neighbours Niger, Chad and Cameroon succeeded in driving Boko
Haram from many of its strongholds in Nigeria last year.
However, as an 8,700-strong regional task force seeks to stamp them out once and for all, the Islamists have stepped up cross-border attacks and
suicide bombings, many of them carried out by young girls.
Military Kills Two Female Suicide Bombers in Borno
The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col.
Sani Usman in a statement yesterday said that the ever alert and vigilant troops of 7 Division Garrison based in Maiduguri, in conjunction with Civilian JTF
averted yet another suicide attack on the innocent citizens in Borno State by intercepting two female suicide bombers.
According to Usman, “the troops intercepted two female suicide bombers at about 1.20am, almost 100
metres south of Umurari Village, on the outskirts of Maiduguri.”
He said “one of the suicide bombers on sighting our troops detonated her explosive device, killing herself
instantly, while the second bomber in an attempt to escape was gunned down by one of the Garrison’s
snipers.” He said that the combined team of the Nigeria Police
and Nigerian Army’s Explosive Ordinance Device team safely detonated the unexploded Improvised
Explosive Devices (IEDs) strapped on the gunned down suicide bomber.
Usman however noted that there was no casualty beyond the two suicide bombers. At present, he said,
the troops and the Civilian JTF deployed in the village are now combing the general area to forestall further
breach of security.
“The situation in the area is calm and law abiding citizens are going about their normal activities without fear, ” he added.
In a related development, Usman said that the troops of newly inducted 3rd Battalion, 22 Brigade, in conjunction with Army Headquarters Strike Group
(AHQ SG) and the Armed Forces Special Forces
(AFSF), carried out a spectacular clearance operation
on Tuesday, March 22, 2016.
According to him, the military forces cleared the
remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists hibernating in
Kala Balge general area.
He said: “The triumphant troops apart from killing 22
terrorists cleared pockets of the terrorists in Wumbi,
Tunish, Tilem and Malawaji. Others are Makaudari,
Daima, Buduli, Sadigumo, Jiwe, Sidigeri and Kala
villages. The troops also rescued 309 persons held
captives by the terrorists.
“They also discovered and destroyed the terrorists
training camp, factory, locally made weapons and
warehouse at Tilem and then secured Rann, the
headquarters of Kala Balge Local Government Area.”
In the same vein, the DAPR said that the troops of 3
Battalion with the support of Civilian JTF also
conducted a fighting patrol at Kusumma Village in
which they killed three Boko Haram terrorists and
captured one alive.
“They also rescued 520 persons held hostage by the
terrorists and recovered a motorcycle, weapons and
axes,” he stated.
The troops, Usman said, basking in the unprecedented
achievement, are also making efforts to clear
remnants of the terrorists in the surrounding areas.