Northern Nigeria's Boko Haram Conspirators Panic as US University offers DNA Technology.

BORNO STATE GOVERNOR KASHIM SHETTIMA

Mallam Adamu Ciroma	Alhaji Tanko Yakassai	Alhaji Lawal Kaita	Dr. Iyorchia Ayu

There is panic in the north as the truth about their conspiracy is about to be unraveled. A group of scientists at the University of North Texas have declared their willingness to deploy forensic (DNA) technology to identify and reunite the abducted Chibok girls with their families. The Governors of the affected state and allies are said to be in panic over this development that may expose the actual number of abducted girls as over inflated.

The panic is arising as most of the ‘parents’ of the abducted girls have been exposed as fake and rented crowds hired by some elements in the North to shade Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in bad light to the international community. The DNA test will be the final evidence that would expose them as frauds.

The involvement of the western countries especially the United State was not anticipated by the northern elements who orchestrated the hoax. As a result they are planning counter moves to douse the situation. Already, they are begging the federal government not to use force to rescue the girls.

The chairman of the depart­ment of molecular and medi­cal genetics at the University of North Texas (UNT), Arthur Eisenberg who spoke with AFP on Tuesday explained that software already exists to match missing people with their relatives.

He said it has been used worldwide to identify and re­turn more than 740 children who were trafficked, some across international borders.

Most of all, forensic scien­tists in the United States and Spain say they are ready to help, free of charge. All they need to get started are DNA samples from family members of the lost schoolgirls. “We would do this absolutely for nothing,” said Eisenberg.

“This is clearly a humani­tarian effort,” said Eisenberg who heads the UNT Center for Human Identification, the laboratory that works with a 10-year-old international pro­gram called DNA-Prokids, which aims to reunite families and deter human trafficking.

First, the girls’ family mem­bers: mother, father or another close relative could provide a DNA sample by swabbing the inside of their mouths with a cotton tip or giving a blood sample.

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