Government Girls Secondary School,
Chibok, Borno State, that were
abducted by Boko Haram in April, have
escaped.
The Chairman, Chibok Local Government
Area, Mr. Bana Lawan, announced this
on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day
stakeholders meeting for validation of
draft humanitarian response plan for
the abducted girls. The meeting was
organised by the National Emergency
Management Agency.
Lawan, who was represented by the
Director for Personnel and
Management, Mr. Musa Elijah, said the
number of escapees had risen to 57 as
against 53, while 164 girls were still held
by the terrorist group.
He said, “The people of Chibok are
anxiously waiting for the safe return of
their children. Except for the
unfortunate situation where two of the
parents have passed on. They were
known to have BP (blood pressure)
issues, although I am not a medical
expert, but they will not be opportuned
to welcome back their daughters.
“Latest report reaching us is that
instead of 53, those that have escaped
are now 57 and those remaining are 164
and not 168 as before. This is out of the
221 girls that were abducted.”
Lawan explained that it was not all
those who registered for the Senior
School Certificate Examination in the
school that stayed back.
“Those that registered for the SSCE
are not all that sat for the exam. Over
500 registered and those who had
relatives around decided to move to
various places like Kaduna and
Maiduguri to write the exams. Those
that were left with no relations decided
to stay back to take the risk and among
them 221 were abducted.”
The chairman said the moral of the girl
child in the North-East was low as most
of them were discouraged.
“The school in particular has been
existing for long and the quality of
education in it has been diminishing. So I
want to appeal to the Federal
Government, through NEMA and the
presidential committee, to intervene in
rebuilding the school,” he added.
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