Borno: Zulum receives another rescued Chibok girl with her children
Another Chibok schoolgirl has been rescued by troops of the Operation Hadin Kai in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno and received by the state governor, Babagana Zulum.
Isa Gusau, special adviser to the governor on media and communication strategy, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in the state capital Maiduguri.
Mr Gusau said the girl was rescued alongside two of her children.
“The schoolgirl, Hassana Adamu, alongside her two children, were handed over to Gov. Babagana Zulum by the Commander, 26 Taskforce Brigade, Brig.-Gen. D.R. Dantani.
“Hassana was one of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted on April 14, 2014, at the Government Secondary School, Chibok by the Boko Haram insurgents.
“Zulum was in Gwoza from there he moved to Bama, undertaking humanitarian activities.
On July 28, another Chibok girl Ruth Ngladar Pogu, a man said to be her husband and two children, had presented themselves to the Nigerian Army.
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