Borno govt. says 30 abducted girls now reunited with their families
Borno govt. says 30 abducted girls now reunited with their families
Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima
The Borno state Commissioner for Education, Musa Kubo, on Thursday
said a total of 30 girls have now been recorded as safely returning back
to their homes after escaping from Boko Haram insurgents who abducted
them from their school hostel on Monday.Mr. Kubo spoke with journalists in Maiduguri on telephone from Chibok town.
“I’m right at Government Girls Secondary School,Chibok, the scene of the unfortunate abduction. At the moment we have taken custody of 30 girls. There is an increase of four students whose parents returned them to school after they ran home on the day of the attack. We had made announcements and called on parents whose children and wards ran home, to return them back; the aim is for us to take proper account of our 129 students who were at the hostel on the day of that unfortunate attack.
“You may recall that 14 students had earlier escaped from captivity as explained by our Governor, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday. By our records of 129 students being at the hostel at the time of that unfortunate incident, we are expecting the return of about 119 (he probably meant 109 girls) students who might be among those said to have been rescued by the Military. Myself, the principal of the school,Asabe Kwambura,parents, other students and residents are awaiting the return of our students.
“We have no reason to doubt or contradict Wednesday’s announcement by the Defence Headquarters, given the fact that the Military personnel are those leading the search and rescue operations along with civilian volunteers. We are very hopeful that perhaps, the freed students are safe with the military and being brought to us. We pray that not just all our students return in good health but also all the security agents and volunteers safely return in good health after a successful and patriotic rescue effort.
“We call on parents to remain prayerful and hopeful that by the grace of God all the students will return to us in good health. On behalf of the Borno State Government, my ministry, staff and students of the affected school,parents and relations of affected students, I deeply appreciate the concern of all Nigerians and rest of the world for their solidarity and well wishes. I also thank the media for their very critical role as we look forward to overcoming this grieving experience.”
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