Two Chibok girls and 99 other abducted persons have been rescued from the camps of Boko Haram, the Nigerian army said on Friday.
This was disclosed by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division and Commander Sector 1 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General Waidi Shaibu, in a briefing in Maiduguri.
Major General Shaibu said the rescued girls are Rejoice Sanki, 24, and mother of two children; and Yagana Poly, 24, a mother of four.
According to him, they were rescued on September 29 and October 2.
He said of the 99 other kidnapped rescued, 47 are women.
Meanwhile, Kanyi Daily reported that two Chibok girls graduated from a U.S university, 7 years after escaping Boko Haram’s captivity.
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