Former Minister of Education and #BringBackOurGirls activist, Obiageli Ezekwesili, made good on her threat to call out any media platform that referred to the man found with rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, her husband.
Amina was found by soldiers working with a vigilante group on Tuesday near Damboa, south of Maiduguri in Borno State, where Boko Haram has waged a seven-year insurgency to set up an Islamic state.
The army announced that it detained a suspected Boko Haram militant called Mohammed Hayatu, who said he was her husband.
Ezekwesili was offended by media description of Hayatu as Amina’s husband and on Thursday threatened to “call out” any platform that referred to him as such.
Does media not know that #AminaAli‘s parents did not give her out in marriage to anyone? She is a VICTIM of #Abduction & #SexualViolence.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) May 19, 2016
From now, I shall CALL OUT ANY media that WRITES or SAYS “her Boko Haram husband” for that PREDATOR that VIOLATED #AminaAli. Get ready.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) May 19, 2016
To prove she was not just bluffing, the former vice president of the World Bank’s Africa division later picked out Reuters and Information Nigeria over what she described as “egregious” reporting.
Is this the kind of “professionalism” that a platform that “Informs on Nigeria” can show? Which husband is that? ???????????? https://t.co/nqUaiSIWHD
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) May 19, 2016
Husband? This is EGREGIOUS, @reutersAfrica .Did Amina Ali’s parents inform you they gave her in marriage to ANYONE? https://t.co/itpG9YoQmK
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) May 19, 2016
Instead of “husband”, Ezekwesili would rather Hayatu was described as “One of her ABDUCTORS who violated her”.
I like that you challenged me and asked this question. Describe him as “One of her ABDUCTORS who violated her”. https://t.co/2je4CWV3AU
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) May 19, 2016
