By our reporter| The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops have found a lady believed to be one of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno state.
The development comes more than eight years after they were kidnapped from the government-owned Chibok girl’s secondary school in the northeastern state.
The army made the disclosure via a post on its social media handles where a picture of the young lady identified as Mary was shared.
Mary, the post said, was found with her son on Tuesday by troops of 26 Task Force Brigade while on patrol around Ngoshe – a town in Borno State
“Troops of 26 Task Force Brigade on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State on 14 June 2022 intercepted one Mrs. Mary Ngoshe and her son,” the army said on its Facebook page.
“She is believed to be one of the abducted girls from GGSS Chibok in 2014. Further exploitation ongoing.”
The Chibok girls were abducted on April 14, 2014, by Boko Haram insurgents who invaded their school and abducted more than 200 students in the process.
57 of the schoolgirls escaped on their way to the insurgent’s camp, where they would be held captive by their abductors.
Over time, several others regained freedom either by escaping or being released by the insurgents as a result of negotiations with the Federal Government.
More than 100 of the school girls are still in captivity.
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