The troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued another 27-year-old Chibok girl, Mary Nkeki, in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Nkeki was abducted alongside over 200 students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014.
The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Gold Chibuisi, announced the rescue of Nkeki while handing her over to the Borno State Ministry of Women Affairs in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Monday, August 21, 2023.
Chibuisi said Nkeki with serial number 55 on the list of the abducted Chibok girls was rescued by troops of the 81 Task Force Battalion in Dikwa on August 14.
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He said: “While in captivity, she was forcefully married to one Adam, a Boko Haram terrorist fighter.
“Since her rescue, she has undergone thorough medical examination in our medical facility.
“Equally, she has been adequately resuscitated and would be handed over to Borno State Government for further administration.”
Chibuisi assured the commitment of the military to contain security in North-East and restore lasting peace in the region.
Speaking to newsmen on her experience since abduction in 2014, Nkeki said it was full of sufferings.
Nkeki disclosed that she escaped with her husband in the night and picked up by a military patrol team.
She added that she left behind two other Chibok girls.
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