Troops of the 202 battalion and 82 division task force
battalion have rescued two of the Chibok girls abducted in 2014.
The girls, identified as Hauwa Joseph and Mary Dauda, were
found with two children.
On April 14, 2014, over 200 schoolgirls were abducted when
insurgents attacked the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) in Chibok,
Borno state.
The abduction of the girls in 2014 was followed by a global
outcry that birthed the #BringBackOurGirls movement.
Hauwa, who hails from Mbalala in Askira Uba LGA of Borno
state, was rescued alongside her one-year-old child at Ngazua village in Bama
LGA of Borno state.
TheCable understands that Hauwa was forcefully married to
one Munzur, six years ago.
According to Hauwa, she escaped when the Nigerian Army
raided a camp where she was kept with Munzur, who died during the military
operation.
For Mary Dauda, she was rescued by troops with her
one-year-old son, Ayuba, in the general area of Gava in Gwoza LGA, Borno, on
June 14.
Mary, who is said to hail from Rumingo in Chibok LGA of
Borno, was about 19 years old at the time of her abduction.
According to Mary, the father of her child was killed
alongside about 40 others in May 2022, in an air strike by troops of operation
Hadin Kai at Sabil Huda camp in Sambisa forest.
The two rescued victims were numbered 18 and 46 on the list
of the abducted Chibok students published by the state government.
The two rescued victims and their babies are currently at a
military medical facility in Maiduguri.
Christopher Musa, theatre commander of the Joint Task Force
(JTF), north-east, operation Hadin Kai, commended the troops for the
achievement recorded against the insurgents.
He also thanked Leo Irabor, the chief of defence staff, and
other stakeholders in the military for their strategic guidance and logistics
support on the conduct of the ongoing operations.
The two girls are expected to be handed over to Borno state
government.
As of April 2021, a total of 112 girls were said to still be
missing — but a few of them have been found.
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