Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl

The Nigerian Army says that it has rescued another one of the girls abducted from the Government Secondary School Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents.

A statement issued by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, says troops deployed at Pulka in Gwoza Local Government Area discovered the girl, Maryam Ali Maiyanga, while screening some escapees from the Boko Haram hideout in Sambisa forest.

She was carrying a 10-month-old son and has been taken to the unit’s medical facility for proper medical checkup.

21 Chibok Girls Released 

On October 13, 2016, the Spokesman for Nigeria’s President, Mr Garba Shehu, confirmed that 21 Chibok girls had been released from Boko Haram clutches.

He said that the release of the girls, in a limited number, was the outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram, brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss Government.

The Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed later explained that the Federal Government secured the release of the girls through the collaborative efforts of the security agencies, a friendly European country and a renowned International Humanitarian Organisation.

The rescued girls were reunited with their parents during a thanksgiving service held in the nation’s capital city, Abuja, three days after their release.

Speaking at the church service, the Minister of Information Mr Lai Mohammed, announced that the Federal Government was negotiating with Boko Haram for the release of the remaining Chibok Girls.

Over 200 girls were taken from their school’s dormitory on April 14, 2014 by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group.

Their abduction triggered wide-spread protests globally, popularising a “Bring Back Our Girls” slogan.

Less than 40 of the girls have been rescued so far.