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10 Years After Abduction, Chibok Schoolgirl Returns With Three Children

POSTED ON May 10, 2024 •   Breaking News      BY Benedicta Bassey •   VIEWS 162
Chibok schoolgirl, Children and Military personnel/Photo credit: Nation

 

One of the schoolgirls abducted in 2014 from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State returned with three kids.

Rocketparrot News learnt that the rescued mother who was handed over to the Borno state government by the military is also pregnant with another child. 

Commander, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, North-East Joint Task Force (Operation Hadin Kai), Theartre  who handed them over said that "troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion rescued the six-month-old pregnant lady alongside her three children in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state."

Gen. Shuaibu said that she was number 18 among the girls that were rescued by the military.

He explained that the abduction of the female pupils 10 years ago, made both national and international headlines which culminated in the hashtag, “#Bringbackourgirls”.

According to him, several efforts has been made both internationally and nationally to rescue the girls safely and reunite them with their families.

The Theatre Commander said: “One of such national efforts is the conduct of military operations deep within the terrorists’ enclaves which have yielded positive results to facilitate rescue of some of the Chibok girls."

He hinted that efforts were still on to rescue others in the abductors den. 

The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Haruna, said the girl received medical treatment and other care by the Division since her rescue.

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