Military rescues another Chibok schoolgirl in Borno
The Nigerian Army has said that it has rescued a Chibok schoolgirl identified as Salomi Pogu. The Army’s Deputy Director of Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement made available in Abuja on Thursday.
Nwachukwu said Pogu alongside a teenager identified as Jamila Adams and a child were rescued at Pulka, a town in Borno State.
The statement reads in part, “Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Pulka today (Thursday) rescued one of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists earlier in 2014. “So far, preliminary investigations reveal that the young girl identified as Salomi Pagu is the same as the Chibok girl published on serial 86 of the online list of abducted Chibok girls.
“Currently, the girl who was intercepted in the company of another young girl, Jamila Adams, about 14 years old with a child is in the safe custody of troops and receiving medical attention.”
Boko Haram insurgents had abducted 276 female students from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, in April 2014. Of that number, 163 regained freedom: 57 fled in the early days after their abduction, one escaped, two rescued by the army and a Swiss-coached mediation secured 103.
This is not the first time that a Chibok girl would be rescued from Pulka. In November 2016, Amina Nkeki, one of the abducted girls, regained freedom in the town. She was found with a 10-month old baby named Ali. Her self-acclaimed husband was arrested and nothing has been heard about him till date.
