UPDATED: How second Chibok schoolgirl, Serah Luka, was rescued — Nigerian Army

  

Hours after Amina Ali, one of

the Chibok girls rescued on

Wednesday from the

insurgents, met with

President Muhammadu

Buhari, at the Presidential

Villa in Abuja, the Nigerian

Army announced the rescue

of another of the girls on

Thursday evening.

Army spokesperson, Usman

Sani, a colonel, who

confirmed the rescue, gave

the name of the rescued girl

as Serah Luka, said to be

number 157 on the list of

abducted school girls.

Mr. Usman later narrated

how the abducted girl was

rescued.

He said in a statement, “At

about 11.00am today,

Friday, 19th May 2016,

troops of 231 Battalion, 331

Artillery Regiment (AR),

Detachment of Armed Forces

Special Forces (AFSF) 2,

Explosive Ordinance (EOD)

Team and Civilian Vigilante

group of Buratai, conducted

clearance operations at

Shettima Aboh, Hong and

Biladdili general area in

Damboa Local Government

Area of Borno State.

“During the operations, the

troops killed 35 Boko Haram

terrorists and recovered

several arms and

ammunitions and other

items. In addition, they

rescued 97 women and

children held captives by the

Boko Haram terrorists.

“We are glad to state that

among those rescued is a girl

believed to be one of the

Chibok Government

Secondary School girls that

were abducted on 14th April

2014 by the Boko Haram

terrorists.

“Her name

is Miss

Serah Luka,

who is

number 157

on the list

of the

abducted

school girls.

She is

believed to

be the

daughter of

Pastor

Luka.

During debriefing, the girl revealed that

she was a JSS1 student of the school at

the time they were abducted.

She further added that she hails from

Madagali, Adamawa State. She averred

that she reported at the school barely

two months and one week before her

unfortunate abduction along with other

girls over two years ago.

“She added that there other three girls

who fled from Shettima Aboh when the

troops invaded the area earlier today

which led to their rescue. She is

presently receiving medical attention at

the medical facility of Abogo Largema

Cantonment, Biu, Borno State.”

The first rescued girl, Amina Nkeki, was

reportedly rescued Wednesday and was

received by President Muhammadu

Buhari in a State House ceremony

Thursday afternoon, with a four-month-

old child she reportedly gave birth to

while in captivity.

Amina was rescued by the civilian JTF

close to the notorious Sambisa forest,

over two years after her abduction by

militants.

More than 200 girls are still believed to

be held by the insurgents.