SAN FRANCISCO, January 09, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, formally handed over the recently rescued Chibok school girl, Salome Pogu, to the Borno Government.
The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, presented Pogu to the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, in Maiduguri.
Nicholas disclosed that Pogu was rescued on Jan. 4, alongside one other girl, Jamila Adams, by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole at Pulka in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state.
He called for proper registration of the girls has he handled them over to the state for re-integration before they would be handed over to their parents and guardians.
Receiving the girls, Durkwa lauded the military for their commitment to the rescue of the abducted girls.
He expressed hope that the remaining abducted girls would soon be rescued from the Boko Haram insurgents.
“We waited for long for the rescue of the girls; it is a welcome development that the theatre commander was able to rescue the girl within one week,” he said.
THEWILL recalls that Boko Haram insurgents had abducted 219 girls at the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in 2014.
Over 100 of them have so far been rescued while the remaining are still being held by the insurgents.
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