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Second Chibok girl rescued according to Nigerian army spokesperson, Colonel Sani Usman.
This was contained in a statement made available to NAIJ.com on May 19, Thursday. However, army’s spokesman could not provide further details at the time of writing this report.
Rescued Chibok girl Serah Luka
Read the statement below:
“At about 11.00am today, Thursday, May 16, troops of 231 Battalion, 331 Artillery Regiment (AR), Detachment of Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) 2, Explosive Ordinance (EOD) Team and Civilian Vigilante group of Buratai, conducted clearance operations at Shettima Aboh, Hong and Biladdili general area in Damboa local government area of Borno state.
“During the operations, the troops killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered several arms and ammunitions and other items. In addition, they rescued 97 women and children held captives by the Boko Haram terrorists.
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“We are glad to state that among those rescued is a girl believed to be one of the Chibok government secondary school girls that were abducted on 14th April 2014 by the Boko Haram terrorists. Her name is Miss Serah Luka, who is number 157 on the list of the abducted school girls.
“She is believed to be the daughter of Pastor Luka. During debriefing the girl revealed that she was a JSS1 student of the school at the time they were abducted. She further added that she hails from Madagali, Adamawa state. She averred that she reported at the school barely two months and one week before her unfortunate abduction along with other girls over two years ago. She added that there other three girls who fled from Shettima Aboh when the troops invaded the area earlier today which led to their rescue. She is presently receiving medical attention at the medical facility of Abogo Largema Cantonment, Biu, Borno state.”
Hostages rescued during the operation
Motorcycle recovered from the operation
Items recovered from the operation
Weapons recovered from the operation
Nigerians immediately reacted to the news. Read below some Tweets:
On Tuesday night, the first of the missing Chibok girls apparently wandered out of a forest, accompanied by a baby and a man, who claimed to be her “husband”, was rescued by the group of the Civilian Joint Task Force.
Army officials and locals gave different accounts of how the first was freed. President Muhammadu Buhari has today met with the Amina Ali Nkeki, the rescued Chibok girl.
The Sambisa forest is considered to be the terrorist group’s stronghold, has long been the suspected location of the girls. About 276 schoolgirls were abducted at gunpoint from their boarding school in Chibok town, Borno state, on April 14, 2014. Fifty-seven of them managed to escape. Two of them have been rescued in the last two days.
The whereabouts and the fate of 217 of others is still unknown.
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