Local Hunters, Soldiers Rescue Over 80 Girls Kidnapped In Borno
Category: Boko Haram News
About 80 students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School in
Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, abducted by the Boko Haram
insurgents on Monday were reportedly rescued on Tuesday and Wednesday
morning by a group of vigilante, local hunters and soldiers.
The joint security team pursued the insurgents in search of about 100 girls they abducted.
It was gathered that the insurgents, who were carrying the school
girls in Tipper Lories, got stuck in the bush while they were trying to
crossover some muddy area between Chibok and Askira/Uba.
According to the father of one of the rescued girls Malam Ali Iliya,
the girl said when the trailer got stuck, some of the girls jumped out
and ran for their lives.
“They were scattered in the bush when the vigilante and local hunters
found them. Some of them were wounded, some were with fracture, which I
believe was as a result of jumping from the high vehicle, but we are
happy that our children have been rescued.
“Now we are praying for those who are still with the Boko Haram; our
prayer is that every father will have his child back”, he said.
He added that his daughter Hajara was sound and healthy but weak
stressing that “our children told us that when they started running, the
insurgents didn’t shoot them.
“They allowed those who could run to go but those who could not run
either as a result of fear or wound are still with them in the bush. My
daughter said the abductors were over one hundred and that the girls
were 243; she said the insurgents asked them to count themselves”.
Source: Daily Post
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