Following
her successful rescue by men of the Nigerian Army, Maryam Ali Maiyanga,
the Chibok school girl rescued today has been handed over to the Borno
State government.
Maryam Ali Maiyanga, the Chibok girl, with her ten-month-old son
The Nigerian Army on Saturday handed over Maryam Ali Maiyanga, the
Chibok girl, with her ten-month-old son, to the Borno Government after
they were rescued from Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area, by troops.
Maj-Gen. Lucky Irabor, The Thearthre Commander of 7 Div. of Nigeria Army, disclosed this to newsmen in Maiduguri.
Irabor said, "At about 6 a.m., while screening some escapees
from Boko Haram terrorists’ hideout in Sambisa forest, we discovered one
of the abducted Government Secondary School Chibok girls, named Maryam
Ali Maiyanga, among them.
“She was discovered to be carrying a 10-month-old son, named Ali.
“She revealed to us that her husband, who is the father of her
child, was killed by Boko Haram insurgents during one of the military
operations in Sambisa forest.
“The Nigerian Army felt very elated because the desire of any
army officer in operation Lafiya Dole is to make sure that every person
that is held hostage by the Boko Haram insurgents is rescued.
“We are hopeful that all the other captives would be released.
This has come and it has strengthened our hope that the rest would be
rescued,” he said.
In his remarks, Alhaji Kakashehu Lawal, The Borno Commissioner of
Justice, commended the military for their continuous efforts toward
securing the release of all those abducted by the insurgents.
“This is indeed a great achievement not only for the state
government but also for the Federal Government because one of the
commitments of Mr President is to rescue all the girls alive and reunite
them with their parents,” Lawal said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Maryam Ali Maiyanga
was among the 219 girls that were kidnapped in Government Girls
Secondary School Chibok on April 14, 2014.
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