Second Nigerian "Chibok girl" freed in a week seven years after abduction

Published:Dec 7, 202309:43
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The kidnappings of some 270 youngsters in the northeastern city in 2014 sparked a global outcry and a viral marketing campaign on social media with the hashtag #bringbackourgirls.

The military handed over Hassana Adamu, alongside together with her two kids, to Governor Babagana Zulum on Saturday, one week after his workplace introduced that one other of the victims had been freed and reunited together with her dad and mom.

Adamu, like the opposite of the lately freed "Chibok girl," because the victims grew to become recognized, "presented herself to the Nigerian army," the governor's workplace stated.

Several remaining missing Chibok schoolgirls escape from Boko Haram

Photos shared by his workplace confirmed a shell-shocked trying younger lady, in a pink striped hijab, talking to the governor together with her two young children, flanked by navy officers.

Eighty two of the victims had been freed in 2017 after mediation, including to 24 who had been launched or discovered. A couple of others have escaped or been rescued, however simply over 110 stay lacking.

Earlier this week, the military stated that greater than 1,000 Boko Haram members and their households had lately surrendered "due to the intense pressure from troops' sustained offensive actions."

Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau died in May following a battle with rival Islamist group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

ISWAP, the regional affiliate of Islamic State, has since sought to soak up Shekau's fighters and unify the teams which throughout Shekau's tenure fought each other for management of territory in northeast Nigeria and round Lake Chad.


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