Four more girls escape from Boko Haram net
Four girls out of the 168 students of Government Girls Secondary
School, Chibok, Borno State, that were abducted by Boko Haram in April,
have escaped.
The Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area, Mr. Bana Lawan, announced
this on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders meeting for
validation of draft humanitarian response plan for the abducted girls. The meeting was organised by the National Emergency Management Agency.
Lawan, who was represented by the Director for Personnel and
Management, Mr. Musa Elijah, said the number of escapees had risen to 57
as against 53, while 164 girls were still held by the terrorist group.
He said, “The people of Chibok are anxiously waiting for the safe
return of their children. Except for the unfortunate situation where two
of the parents have passed on. They were known to have BP (blood
pressure) issues, although I am not a medical expert, but they will not
be opportuned to welcome back their daughters.
“Latest report reaching us is that instead of 53, those that have escaped are now 57 and those remaining are 164 and not 168 as before. This is out of the 221 girls that were abducted.”
Lawan explained that it was not all those who registered for the
Senior School Certificate Examination in the school that stayed back.
“Those that registered for the SSCE are not all that sat for the
exam. Over 500 registered and those who had relatives around decided to
move to various places like Kaduna and Maiduguri to write the exams.
Those that were left with no relations decided to stay back to take the risk and among them 221 were abducted.”
The chairman said the moral of the girl child in the North-East was low as most of them were discouraged.
“The school in particular has been existing for long and the quality
of education in it has been diminishing. So I want to appeal to the
Federal Government, through NEMA and the presidential committee, to
intervene in rebuilding the school,” he added.
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