The would-be suicide bomber who claimed to be one of the Chibok girls was “heavily drugged”, the Nigerian presidency has said.
Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said on Monday that Cameroonian health and security officials have started treating her.
He said girl also bore “several injuries” on her body.
He said the girl’s health condition had delayed her movement to the far north regional capital of Cameroon, Maroua, as earlier planned.
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Pictures of the arrested suspected bomber obtained by Nigerian officials indicated that the girl was likely a minor, between ages nine and 12, Shehu said, adding that her accomplice was about 30 years or more, and both spoke only in Kanuri language.
“Considering the well-known guidelines regarding the publication of photography of minors, we have decided to forward the pictures of the suspected bomber to the Murtala Mohammed Foundation for verification by interested Chibok community stakeholders,’’ Shehu said.
The ministry of women affairs, the Nigerian high commission in Cameroon and other agencies of government “will continue to work together with other stakeholders to verify all the issues”, he said.
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