My April 14 tweets was clear; I made my findings known to the public, and challenged both the Govt and leaders of BokoHaram to come forward with full disclosure. So, when I said only 15 #ChibokGirls were alive, the onus is on BH and the authorities to prove otherwise.
When a BH source came out to say, 30 were alive, as a reporter, I bear a duty to report. If I was insensitive to the parents, I would have put out the names of the 15, but I never did, instead I forwarded it to the appropriate authorities. I however, stand by my story of 15.
I have verifiable names of 15 girls alive, then. Also, a source inside the group disputed my figure and insisted that the girls were 30, but failed to provide the names of the rest of the girls alive, as I have. So far, other sources and eyewitness accounts support my claims.
Ultimately, if I do not uphold the highest ethical standards in journalism, I won't be here tweeting today, bcz as you are aware I'm despised by those with the power to jail me for any wrong doing. In anyway, my reports never claim to be the gospel truth, it is to spark a debate.
