Dailypost
reports that 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.
DailyPost
gathered that the insurgents, who were carrying the school girls in
Tipper Lorries, 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”.
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