Abdu, with her two children were on Monday handed over to the Borno State Government, alongside 330 women who were rescued earlier in several operations in the state.
Another Chibok schoolgirl kidnapped in 2014, Ihyi Abdu, has been rescued with two children by the Nigerian military in Borno State, Northeast, Nigeria.
Abdu, with her two children were on Monday handed over to the Borno State Government, alongside 330 women who were rescued earlier in several operations in the state.
This was disclosed on Tuesday during a press briefing by the theatre commander of Operation ‘Hadin Kai’, Major General Waidi Shaibu, in Maiduguri, the state capital.
General Shuaibu noted that the plight of the remaining Chibok girls in Boko Haram captivity compelled the military to incurse deep into the Sambisa forest to carry out the rescue operation.
He further disclosed that the key mandate of the operation was to restore normalcy in the entire North-East for socioeconomic activities to resume in full swing.
The Theatre Commander assured that the operation will continue in the rescue mission, to bring home the remaining Chibok girls in line with the strategic guidance of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa and Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja.
Giving details of the rescue, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC)7 Division Nigerian Army and Commander Sector 1, Brigadier General Abubakar Haruna, said, “Ihyi and her 2 children, were rescued by troops of 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama, during an offensive operations conducted within Sambisa forest in June 2024.
“Ihyi, 27 years old and Kibaku by tribe, hails from Kubur-Mbula village in Chibok LGA. While she was in captivity, she was married to one Abu Darda, an indigene of Plateau state in Gwoza town in 2014, after which he relocated to Senegal.”
Since her rescue according to the GOC, Abdu and her children had undergone detailed medical examinations.
During the handover, the Theatre Commander who was represented by the officer in charge of Civil Military Affairs, Navy Captain Mohammed Abdullahi, stated that the rescue was as a result of the wet season operations in the Theatre.
He said the rescue was an indication that the logistics strangulation strategy in the conduct of the operations had been successful.
The Borno State Director Social Welfare, Aishatu Shettima, received the rescued persons on behalf of the government.
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