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Nearly seven years after the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls by the Boko Haram terrorist group, some of the girls have finally escaped.
While expressing joy about the news, stakeholders who spoke with DAILY POST asked the Federal Government to speak to Nigerians about the purported escape of the girls.
This newspaper gathered that one of the abducted girls, Halima Ali Maiyanga put a call to her father yesterday. The Chairman of the Chibok Parents Association, Lawal Zannah, whose daughter was among those abducted also confirmed the news.
Not releasing a statement, according to the stakeholders, is a minus for Buhari administration, saying, it shows that they lack the capacity to free any captive.
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More of the missing schoolgirls are said to be returning home.
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Chibok girls: A timeline of terror
Boko Haram kidnaped 276 girls from a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria.Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE
LONDON and MAIDUGURI Nearly seven years after Boko Haram militants snatched them from their dormitory beds in the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok, more of the missing schoolgirls are said to be returning home.
Emmanuel Ogebe, a Nigerian human rights lawyer who practices in the United States and has previously worked with some of the freed girls and their families, said a parent told him that his daughter and others have escaped their captors.
A source indicated that Halima Ali is one of the girls believed to have escaped five years since the escape of her sister Maryam.
Daily Trust gathered that Halima was married off to a commander under the instruction of Abubakar Shekau few months after their abduction from their boarding school in Chibok.
Halima’s father, Ali Maiyanga, could not be reached for comment but a credible source told our reporter that friends and family members trooped to the family house of Halima to congratulate the family on the good news.
When contacted, the Secretary, Chibok Parents Association, Lawal Zannah, said he had information that some of the girls had escaped but had not yet ascertained the number.