Luck has smiled on few of the families of the Chibok schoolgirls
abducted by Boko Haram as four girls out of the over 200
female students have managed to escape from the den of the
highly dreaded terrorist sect.
“The people of Chibok are anxiously waiting for the safe return
of their children. Except for the unfortunate situation where
two of the parents have passed on. They were known to have BP
(blood pressure) issues, although I am not a medical expert, but
they will not be opportuned to welcome back their daughters.
“Latest report reaching us is that instead of 53, those that
have escaped are now 57 and those remaining are 164 and not
168 as before. This is out of the 221 girls that were abducted.”
. The Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area, Mr. Bana Lawan,
announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders
meeting for validation of draft humanitarian response plan for
the abducted girls. The meeting was organised by the National
Emergency Management Agency.
Mr Lawan explained that it was not all those who registered for
the Senior School Certificate Examination in the school that
stayed back in the school on the day of the unfortunate
incident.
“Those that registered for the SSCE are not all that sat for
the exam. Over 500 registered and those who had relatives
around decided to move to various places like Kaduna and
Maiduguri to write the exams. Those that were left with no
relations decided to stay back to take the risk and among them
221 were abducted.”
Lawan said the morale of female students in North-East is now
low as most of them have been discouraged


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