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Nearly a decade after abduction, troops rescue another Chibok girl

Another Chibok girl, Mary Nkeki, has been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command in Borno state.

According to the Theater Commander, Maj. Gen. Gold Chibuisi, Nkeki was rescued on August 14 with her repentant criminal husband simply called Adam, by troops of the 81 Task Force Battalion at Dikwa during an operation into the terrorists’ den.

Maj. Gen. Chibuisi made this known on Monday during a Press conference. He said: “She is on serial number 55 of the abducted Chibok girl list. She is now 27 years old. Kibaku by tribe. While in captivity, she was forcefully married to one Adam, a Boko Haram terrorist.

“Since her rescue, she has undergone thorough medical examination in our medical facility. Equally she has been adequately resuscitated and will be handed over to Borno state.”

After she was handed over to the Borno State Ministry for Women Affairs, Nkeki informed newsmen that she had given birth to two female children for Adam, but they are now deceased.

She and Adam, she explained further escaped the terrorists claws at the Dikwa axis, and arrived a check point where the troops rescued both of them.

Nkeki is the 16th girl rescued in recent months.

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