Nine years after Boko Haram terrorists attacked their school as they were preparing to take the West African Senior School Certificate Exam, the students were rescued.
Two more females who were taken from Chibok Local Government Area in Borno State in April 2014 have been rescued by Operation Hadin Kai Theatre Command troops.
Nine years after Boko Haram terrorists attacked their school as they were preparing to take the West African Senior School Certificate Exam, the students were rescued.
Esther Marcus and Hauwa Malta, both 26 years old, were the victims, and on April 21, 2023, the soldiers in Lagara, a Boko Haram stronghold in Sambisa Forest, liberated them.
With the most recent rescue, 125 girls have now been freed from terrorist captivity overall, including 107 who were released by the terrorists themselves in 2018 and another three who were saved by military personnel in 2019 and another two in 2021 and 2022.
Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Sallau Ali, who is in charge of Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command, stated that “94 are still missing.”
“Esther and her baby girl, who is one years old, were saved. She had previously been married to a terrorist named Garba, also known as Garus, when she was a captive. After he was slain by troops, she remarried a terrorist named Abba, with whom she remained until her release.
The Commander reported that Hauwa Malta was saved while eight months and ten days pregnant, and that she gave birth to a boy at the medical center of the Seven Div 10 days after their rescue.
In counterinsurgency operations in the North-East region, troops also killed around 70 suspected terrorists.
According to Major General Musa Danmadami, Director of Defence Media Operations, more than 140 terrorists were also detained during that time, and many weapons, including improvised explosive devices, were found.
During that time, he claimed, more than 140 terrorists were also detained, and a number of weapons, including IEDs, were found.
The military has received more than 500 Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters’ surrenders, according to the defense spokesman.
