The Nigerian Army says two girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, were among abducted women by troops during clearance operations on Monday, July 25.
The army disclosed this in a Twitter message on Wednesday.
“Troops of 202 battalions during clearance operations on 25 July 2022 intercepted four abducted women, including two girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from GGSS Chibok on 14 April 2014,” the message reads.
“The intercepted Chibok girls & their children are currently in a military medical facility.”
One of the girls is seen in a picture shared by the army standing with two kids while the other is carrying a baby.
Their names have not been given.
This is coming just a little over one month when troops rescued one of the abducted Chibok girls. It is eight years now since terrorists invaded their schools.
Of the 276 school girls abducted in 2014, 57 managed to escape, and 80 were exchanged for Boko Haram commanders in negotiations with the authorities.
More girls have subsequently been found, but more than 100 remain missing. According to propaganda videos by Boko Haram’s long-time commander Abubakar Shekau, who died in 2021, many were forcibly married to jihadist fighters.
Since the abduction of the “Chibok girls”, many other schools or universities have been attacked in northern Nigeria in recent years, some by jihadists but mostly by criminal groups who carry out mass kidnappings for ransom.
The violence has prevented many students from attending school, and the UN estimates that more than 18.5 million Nigerian children have no access to education.