SECURITY agents have freed 121 of the 129 young girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Girls’ Secondary School in Chibok in Borno State earlier this week after the Nigerian Army a successful rescue operation.
On Monday, Boko Haram carried out a daring attack on the all-girls school, whisking 129 pupils away, although 14 managed to escape and alert the authorities. Following the abduction, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) mounted an elaborate rescue operation and Borno State governor Kashim Shettima, offered a N50m (£183,000) reward to any person who gave information that would lead to the student's rescue.
Yesterday, however, the JTF confirmed that 121 of the girls abducted are now accounted for and only eight are currently still in the hands of the terrorists. Army spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade, said that the search for the remaining pupils will continue.
Major General Chris Olukolade added: "More students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok have been freed this evening in the on-going search and rescue operations to free the abducted pupils. With this development, the principal of the school confirmed that only eight of the students are still missing.
"One of the terrorists who carried out the attack on the school has also been captured and efforts are underway to locate the remaining eight students.”
With 14 of the girls escaping on their own, and eight still unaccounted for, it is believed that the military freed 107 of the kidnapped students yesterday. On Monday, 14 of the girls were said to have made their escape when one of the lorries used in transporting them broke down along the road and they jumped down and ran into the bush.
According to the JTF, military personnel are currently searching through the bushes in Borno State, using the tyre tracks of the vehicles used by the Boko Haram men. Senator Ali Ndume, the senator representing the region, said that surveillance helicopters have also been employed in the search patrol team.
Governor Kashim Shettima added that the 129 students were confirmed by the school authorities as those that registered to sit for the West African Examinations Council exams. He said 50 parents have so far registered the disappearance of their daughters in the school and more efforts are being made to ensure that the girls are reunited with their families.
“Some of the girls were courageous. They were asked to prepare a meal for all of those in the camp but they took advantage of that and bolted away when their captors were not watching and ran back to town," Governor Shettima added.
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SECURITY agents have freed 121 of the 129 young girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Girls’ Secondary School in Chibok in Borno State earlier this week after the Nigerian Army a successful rescue operation.
On Monday, Boko Haram carried out a daring attack on the all-girls school, whisking 129 pupils away, although 14 managed to escape and alert the authorities. Following the abduction, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) mounted an elaborate rescue operation and Borno State governor Kashim Shettima, offered a N50m (£183,000) reward to any person who gave information that would lead to the student's rescue.
Yesterday, however, the JTF confirmed that 121 of the girls abducted are now accounted for and only eight are currently still in the hands of the terrorists. Army spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade, said that the search for the remaining pupils will continue.
Major General Chris Olukolade added: "More students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok have been freed this evening in the on-going search and rescue operations to free the abducted pupils. With this development, the principal of the school confirmed that only eight of the students are still missing.
"One of the terrorists who carried out the attack on the school has also been captured and efforts are underway to locate the remaining eight students.”
With 14 of the girls escaping on their own, and eight still unaccounted for, it is believed that the military freed 107 of the kidnapped students yesterday. On Monday, 14 of the girls were said to have made their escape when one of the lorries used in transporting them broke down along the road and they jumped down and ran into the bush.
According to the JTF, military personnel are currently searching through the bushes in Borno State, using the tyre tracks of the vehicles used by the Boko Haram men. Senator Ali Ndume, the senator representing the region, said that surveillance helicopters have also been employed in the search patrol team.
Governor Kashim Shettima added that the 129 students were confirmed by the school authorities as those that registered to sit for the West African Examinations Council exams. He said 50 parents have so far registered the disappearance of their daughters in the school and more efforts are being made to ensure that the girls are reunited with their families.
“Some of the girls were courageous. They were asked to prepare a meal for all of those in the camp but they took advantage of that and bolted away when their captors were not watching and ran back to town," Governor Shettima added.
- See more at: http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news
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