Nigerian troops yesterday set free about 300 females from Sambisa Forest who were taken hostage by Boko Haram. About 200 girls and 93 women were freed by the troops in the ongoing operation to wipe out Boko Haram insurgents from the North East.
Defence spokesman, Gen Chris Olukolade, however, announced that the military could not immediately determine whether the 276 abducted Chibok girls were among those freed.
Olukolade said the identities of the freed victims would be confirmed after the ladies have been screened and proper investigation carried out.
“I can only confirm the rescue, this afternoon, of 200 girls and 93 women in different camps in the forest. We are yet to determine their origins as all the freed persons are now being screened and profiled. Please don’t misquote me on their origins. We will provide more details later,” Olukolade said.
It was learnt that at least three major terrorists’ camps were destroyed in the well-coordinated attacks that included the destruction of the notorious Tokumbere camp in the Sambisa Forest.
The national security adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, had recently claimed that the troops would rescue the abducted Chibok schoolgirls before May 29, as soon as the troops invade the Sambisa Forest, the last stronghold of the terrorists, a pledge re-echoed by the chief of army staff, Gen Kenneth Minimah, also during an interview with journalists.
Nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014, when the terrorists invaded their boarding house while they slept in the night; however, many of them escaped from their captors’ camps, leaving a balance of 219.
Meanwhile, some Chibok parents and their well-wishers called LEADERSHIP yesterday, praying that the girls are among those rescued from the forest. (Leadership)
The national security adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, had recently claimed that the troops would rescue the abducted Chibok schoolgirls before May 29, as soon as the troops invade the Sambisa Forest, the last stronghold of the terrorists, a pledge re-echoed by the chief of army staff, Gen Kenneth Minimah, also during an interview with journalists.
Nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014, when the terrorists invaded their boarding house while they slept in the night; however, many of them escaped from their captors’ camps, leaving a balance of 219.
Meanwhile, some Chibok parents and their well-wishers called LEADERSHIP yesterday, praying that the girls are among those rescued from the forest. (Leadership)
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