One
hundred and twenty-one of the abducted students of the Government Girls’
Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State have been freed by troops
pursuing the suspected members of the Boko Haram sect believed to have
carried out the attack.
The number of the freed girls was not disclosed.
According to a statement issued by the Director Defence Information and Coordinator, Major-General Chris Olukolade, some 129 students were abducted on Monday night by a group of terrorists.
Eyewitness had put the number of abducted girls by the terrorists at 200.
The girls were abducted after the group raided the host community in Chibok, a town on the border between Borno and Adamawa States.
Witnesses said the gunmen, who came in Toyota Hilux vehicles and motorcycles, stormed the town and kept firing sporadic gunshots before setting ablaze several houses and shops.
It was also disclosed that the hoodlums carted away several bags of grains and other food items into waiting trucks and buses as residents fled into bushes and farmlands.
Culled from "ChannelsTV"
The number of the freed girls was not disclosed.
According to a statement issued by the Director Defence Information and Coordinator, Major-General Chris Olukolade, some 129 students were abducted on Monday night by a group of terrorists.
Eyewitness had put the number of abducted girls by the terrorists at 200.
The girls were abducted after the group raided the host community in Chibok, a town on the border between Borno and Adamawa States.
Witnesses said the gunmen, who came in Toyota Hilux vehicles and motorcycles, stormed the town and kept firing sporadic gunshots before setting ablaze several houses and shops.
It was also disclosed that the hoodlums carted away several bags of grains and other food items into waiting trucks and buses as residents fled into bushes and farmlands.
Culled from "ChannelsTV"
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