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One of the abducted schoolgirls, Hauwa Halim Maiyanga, has been rescued.
Maiyanga is one of the girls abducted when Boko Haram insurgents attacked Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) in Chibok, Borno state on April 14, 2014.
The girls were preparing for their final examination when the insurgents stormed their hostels in the middle of the night.
The incident was followed by a global outcry that birthed the #BringBackOurGirls Movement, and with the continued effort of the military, 103 of the girls were subsequently rescued.
According to TheCable, Maiyanga’s rescue comes a series of ongoing operations in the region where hundreds of captives are being freed.
“For a month now, troops have been bombarding the Sambisa forest and Boko Haram hideouts in the operations Tura Takaibango and Lafiya Dole, and many civilians are being rescued,” he said.
“When the enemies are neutralised, those they have captured regain freedom. The Chibok girl is one of those that has been freed, after her captors hideout was cleared. There are many other girls, we are still trying to find out where they were stolen from,” TheCable quoted a military source as saying.
A Chibok resident who also confirmed the development, said the parents of Maiyanga have been briefed and will soon be on their way to the Operation Lafiya Dole theatre command at Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri, the state capital.
“She is currently been examined and given medical treatment at the army hospital there,” the source said.