PHOTO:Nigeria Army on Tuesday, confirmed the rescue of another Chibok girl, Serah Luka, a day after the first the rescue of Amina Ali
Speaking to news men, Colonel Sani
Kukasheka Usman of the Nigerian Army, who is also the Acting Director Army
Public Relations, confirmed to news men the rescue of another Chibok girl,
Serah Luka, aside Amina Ali, was done on Tuesday. Serah is one of 219 girls
abducted from their school in Chibok more than two years ago.
The Army statement reads:
During the operations, the troops killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered several arms and ammunitions and other items. In addition, they rescued 97 women and children held captives by the Boko Haram terrorists.
We are glad to state that among
those rescued is a girl believed to be one of the Chibok Government Secondary
School girls that were abducted on 14th April 2014 by the Boko Haram
terrorists. Her name is Miss Serah Luka, who is number 157 on the list of the
abducted school girls.
She is believed to be the daughter
of Pastor Luka. During debriefing the girl revealed that she was a JSS1 student
of the school at the time they were abducted. She further added that she hails
from Madagali, Adamawa State.
he said The first of the abducted
students to be found, 19-year-old Amina Ali and her mother met President
Muhammadu Buhari at his official residence in Abuja earlier Thursday, where the
head of state said the government was “doing all it can to rescue the remaining
Chibok girls”.
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