COAS, Lt. Gen. Faruk-Yahaya
Military frees 19th Chibok schoolgirl from Boko Haram captivity, as 97 still missing
Troops of the Operation Hadin Kai (OHK) in Borno State have rescued another Chibok schoolgirl who is now a mother of twin babies.
The girl, identified as Yana Pogu, was rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army while nursing her newborn twins during an operation carried out in the Bula Dawo axis in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, last September 29.
The troops, backed by a column of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), stumbled on the kidnapped girl on September 29, after they stormed the Boko Haram enclave in Bula Dawo axis in Bama council of the state.
According to the military, many of the Boko Haram terrorists were also killed by the troops in the surprise raid.
“In the course of the encounter, troops successfully rescued Yana Pogu, a Chibok girl who was number 19 on the missing girls list along with her four children. She was found with a four month old set of twins in a very unhealthy condition.
“Some of the fleeing insurgents also attempted to ambush their own troops but while acting on the intelligence, the troops responded swiftly with aggressive fire powers, forcing them to flee.
“More women were rescued after the encounter. They have been transferred to 21 Armoured Brigade Bama, for medical attention,” the military source onfirmed.
It would be recalled that Boko Haram terrorists had in April 2014 during the administration of Governor Ibrahim Kashim Shettima, stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, adducted about 276 female students of the institution who had arrived to write their WAEC examinations.
The girls, mostly Christians, were aged between 16 to 18 were in the school against the Federal Government warning to the state government to shut academic institutions in the area following intelligence reports of an imminent terrorist attack.
Out of the 276 girls abducted by Boko Haram, 97 are still missing, while 178 have been found.
57 of the 178 girls escaped from their captors in 2014 while 107 girls were released in 2018.
Three girls were recovered in 2019, two in 2021 and nine were rescued in 2022, bringing the total of 178 girls out of captivity and 98 remaining in Boko Haram captivity
