Posted by Amarachi on Thu 28th Jul, 2022 - tori.ng
The victims were rescued with their children by troops of 21 Armoured Brigade during clearance operations in Bama Local Government Area of Borno state on Monday, June 25.
The rescued victims
The Nigerian Army rescued two of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in 2014.
The two girls, identified as Hannatu Musa and Kauna Luka, were rescued with their children by troops of 21 Armoured Brigade during clearance operations in Bama Local Government Area of Borno state on Monday, June 25.
According to an intelligence report obtained from top military sources by Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, the girls escaped from Gazuwa camp, an acclaimed headquarters of the Jam’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihd, Boko Haram faction, formerly known as Gabchari, Mantari and Mallum Masari, located about nine kilometres to Bama town.
The Chibok girls and their children are currently at military medical facility.
Over 200 students were kidnapped by insurgents from the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) in Chibok area of Borno state, on April 14, 2014.
Several of the girls have been rescued, but dozens are still in captivity.