Army rescues two more Chibok schoolgirls with kids

Army rescues two more Chibok schoolgirls with kids

The Nigerian Army says it has rescued two more Chibok schoolgirls, with their kids.

This is coming days after two girls earlier found wondering in the Borno forest were rescued.

They are among 16 Chibok schoolgirls recently rescued by the troops nine years after Boko Haram terrorists abducted them from their college in Borno State.

The two presented to journalists on Thursday are Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus.

They were said to have been rescued by the troops of 114 Task Force Battalion Bitta at Lagara.

Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai, Major General, Ibrahim Ali, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists in Maiduguri.

He said the new strategy of the theatre had yielded positive results leading to the rescue of the 16 Chibok schoolgirls.

He gave the names of other rescued girls as Aisha Grema serial number 11 on the abducted Chibok girls’ list; Hannatu Musa, number 7 on the list, and Sera Luka, number 38 on the list.

Ali also named Ruth Bitrus serial 41, Mary Dauda serial 46, Hauwa Joseph serial 18, Falmata Lawan serial number 3, Asabe Ali serial number 12, Jankai Yamal serial number 20, Yana Pogu serial number 19, Rejoice Sanki serial number 70 and Hassana Adamu on serial number 35.

The commander said, “On 21 April 2023, Esther Marcus and her one-year-old baby, Juwairiya, were rescued by troops of 114 TF Bn Bitta at Lagara during operations. She is on serial number 103 of the abducted Chibok girls list.

Ali said while in captivity, Hauwa got married at Gulukos, a village in the Sambisa Forest, to one Salman, a cameraman to Abubakar Shekau.

He said, “Salman later died in Lake Chad. Thereafter, Hauwa Maltha got married to one Mallam Muhammad in Gobara and had two children for him who later died due to sickness.

Army rescues two more Chibok schoolgirls with kids