Troops Hand Over Rescued Chibok School Girls, children to Borno Govt

• Three Chibok school girls and their children in Borno were handed over to the government on Friday, July 29
• The young women were handed over to the government by the leadership of Joint Taskforce Northeast ‘Operation HADIN KAI’ in the Nigerian Army
• The unit disclosed that troops have sustained attacks on insurgents in the north leading to the surrender of about 70,593 Boko Haram members

Borno - The Borno state government on Friday, July 29, took custody of not less than three rescued Chibok school girls and four children.

This was as Major General Christopher Musa, the theatre commander Joint Taskforce Northeast ‘Operation HADIN KAI’ handed over the young women who have been in Boko Haram captivity since 2014 to the state government, Vanguard reports.

The girls, Kauna Luka (25 years), and Ruth Bitrus (aged 24) have a child each, while Hanatu Musa, (26) has two children.

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According to General Musa, the rescue of the girls is part of the NA's success story in the fight against terrorism across the northern region.

Musa disclosed that so far, 70,593 members of Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered to troops.

He said:

“The general security situation across the North East (NE) Theatre has been relatively fluid and unpredictable. Since the commencement of the decisive phase of Operation DESERT SANITY and Operation LAKE SANITY, the terrorists (JAS/ISWAP) have been degraded to the point that they can no longer carry out successful combat operations against own troops.

“As a result of sustained operations by own troops, many of the terrorists whose camps and enclaves were destroyed during the recent clearance operations have continued to relocate from one enclave to another seeking an alternative."

As to how the girls were rescued, the General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Major General Waidi Shaibu said, Ruth Bitrus and her child were rescued in Ukuba Camp, while Hanatu Musa and Kauna Luka with their children were all rescued by 21 Special Armoured Brigade in Bama local government area during Operations.

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General Shaibu added that both the girls and their children have undergone proper medical check-ups and treatment before they were handed over to the government which is expected to reunite them with their families.

Good news as Nigerian Army rescues two Chibok schoolgirls

Meanwhile, in what can be termed good news, the Nigerian Army had rescued two more girls kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State in 2014 by the Boko Haram terrorists.

The girls whose names were given as Hannatu Musa and Kauna Luka, were found by the Troops of 21 Armoured Brigade in Bama local government area on July 26, eight years after their abduction.

The girls were said to have escaped from Gazuwa camp, an acclaimed headquarters of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram faction, formerly known as Gabchari, Mantari and Mallum Masari, located about nine kilometres to Bama town.

Source: Legit.ng