Breaking News: 200 kidnapped Chibok girls rescued by Nigerian Army ….93 women also from Sambisa Forest
www.odogwublog.com reports that President Goodluck Jonathan is happy as the news
filtered in that the Nigerian Army has rescued the kidnapped 200 Chibok girls from Sambisa forest.
The Army also rescued 93 women making it a total of 293 girls/women rescued from the Sambisa Forest, a known Boko Haram hideout.
According to the Defence Headquarters Twitter feed: "Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa Forest. We cannot confirm if the Chibok girls are in this group.
"Troops captured and destroyed three terrorists camps including the notorious Tokumbere camp in the Sambisa Forest Operation."
"The freed persons are now being screened and profiled. We will bring you details later."
A spokesperson for Save Our Girls told Sky News: "I think that everyone in Nigeria is excited by this news. It's been a long time coming. Whether they are the Chibok girls or not, it shows the continued offensive of the Nigerian army.
"Looking online, there's a lot of positive feedback, lots of positive sentiment, sending prayers out for the troops."
The forest has been pounded by air raids for weeks and ground troops reportedly entered it last week although Olukolade denied reports troops retreated from Sambisa because of land mines.
The armed forces could not immediately confirm if any of the rescued girls were among the 200 schoolgirls the militant group Boko Haram kidnapped in April 2014 from Chibok.
The rescue has been attributed to the new president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari who is due to be sworn in on 29 May.
He has stated that his top priorities are security - crushing Boko Haram and also to bring back the kidnapped Chibok girls.
Breaking News: 200 kidnapped Chibok girls rescued by Nigerian Army ….93 women also from Sambisa Forest
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