In what could be the biggest of news of the year, the Nigerian Army through it’s twitter account just confirmed the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa Forest.
The Nigerian Troops are currently profiling the freed persons to confirm their identity as the Chibok girls.
See tweets below;
FLASH: Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls & 93 women from #Sambisa Forest. We cannot confirm if the #ChibokGirls are in this group /1
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) April 28, 2015
Troops captured and destroyed 3 terrorists camps including the notorious Tokumbere camp in the #Sambisa Forest Operation /2
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) April 28, 2015
#Sambisa Forest: The freed persons are now being screened and profiled. We will bring you details later. /3 #NeverAgain
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) April 28, 2015
Recall, 276 female students (Chibok girls) were on the night of 14–15 April 2014 (over 1 year ago), were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
Responsibility for the kidnappings was claimed by Boko Haram, an Islamic Jihadist and terrorist organization based in northeast Nigeria. The kidnap has since attracted international outcry propagated through a popuplar social media hash tag #BringBackOurGirls.
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