Boko Haram insurgents |
It has been celebration galore as the Borno State Commissioner for
Education, Inuwa Kubo, recently said that 14 more students of Government Secondary
School, Chibok, have escaped Boko Haram abductors.
The commissioner, SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt said this in
Maiduguri on Friday.
He said, “I am glad to say that 14
more students have escaped from their abductors. Out of this number, three are
currently with me at Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok; the scene of
the unfortunate abduction, while Governor Kashim Shettima has confirmed to me
today that 11 girls had escaped to a town along Damboa/Biu Road in Borno State
after they escaped from captivity. The 11 girls were immediately moved from the
location to other parts of the state to reconnect with their families. The
remaining 33 students in Chibok have also been moved out of the school to
different parts of the state to join their families. The steps were taken to
safeguard them.
“Meanwhile, with this development,
we have 44 out of our 129 students at the hostel on the day of attack on the
school. This means that we have 85 students yet to join us. You may wish to
recall that as at Thursday, we had 30 students returned. Out of that number, 14
escaped from their abductors while sixteen students were returned by their
parents and guardians after they ran home on the day of the attack.
“The sixteen were not abducted. You
may also remember what I said yesterday that we had made announcements and
called on parents and guardians whose children and wards ran home to return
them to the school so we could take proper account of our 129 students to know
the number of those missing.”
Kubo expressed hope that the
remaining 85 students would be found soon as intensive search and rescue
efforts continue.
He acknowledged the efforts of
security agencies and civilian volunteers taking part in the search.
According to him, this may have put
pressure on the abductors and possibly contributed to the escape of 28 students
from captivity.
He said, “We continuously pray that
all our students return in good health as well as all the security agents and
volunteers.We are indeed grateful for the patriotic efforts being displayed by
all those involved in the search and rescue operations.
“We once again call on parents and
all sympathisers to remain prayerful and hopeful that by the grace of God all
the students will safely return to school.
“I very well appreciate Nigerian and
international media organisations for their most helpful support. I will keep
updating any time there is something new which I hope will be positive and
anytime soon.”
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