{"id":118437,"date":"2024-05-09T22:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-army-hands-over-rescued-chibok-girl-3-children-to-borno-govt"},"modified":"2024-05-10T00:44:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T23:44:20","slug":"nigerian-army-hands-over-rescued-chibok-girl-3-children-to-borno-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-army-hands-over-rescued-chibok-girl-3-children-to-borno-govt","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Army hands over rescued Chibok girl, 3 children to Borno govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Army has handed over Lydia Simon, the rescued Chibok schoolgirl and her three children to the Borno State government for reunification with her family.<\/p>\n<p>The theatre commander, North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj. Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, made this known at the handing over ceremony at the Maimalari Cantonment, on Thursday in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion rescued the six-month-old pregnant lady alongside her three children on Wednesday April 17, in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>He said that she was the number 18 among the girls that were rescued by the Nigerian military.<\/p>\n<p>Shuaibu explained that the abduction of the Chibok school girls in 2014, made both national and international headlines which culminated in the hashtag, \u201cbring back our girls. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commander added that several efforts have been made both internationally and nationally to return the girls safely and reunite them with their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of such national efforts is the conduct of military operations deep within the terrorists\u2019 enclaves which have yielded positive results to facilitate rescue of some of the Chibok girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting from Esther Marcus, who appears on serial 103 on the abducted Chibok school girls\u2019 list, who was the first to be rescued by troops of 7 Division Gar, till now efforts are still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust recently on April 17, one more Chibok girl was rescued with her three children from the Mandara mountain by troops of the theatre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian Army has handed over Lydia Simon, the rescued Chibok schoolgirl and her three children to the Borno State government for reunification with her family. The theatre commander, North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj. Gen. 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