Parents, school principal say no girl was rescued in Chibok

Parents, school principal say no girl was
rescued in Chibok
Yesterday evening we all heard the happy news that
over a hundred secondary school girls abducted on
Monday evening at Government Girls Secondary
School Chibok had been freed by the military. But
unfortunately this information is not true.
Parents of the missing girls, the principal of the
school and Borno state governor told reporters this
morning that the military lied about the rescue
operation as the girls were still missing.
Below is what the principal of the school, Mrs Asabe
Kwambura, told Premium Times this morning:
"There is nothing in the military statement that is
true about our abducted girls. Up till now we are
still waiting and praying for the safe return of the
students; all I know is that we have only 14 of
them, and the security people especially the
Vigilante and the well meaning volunteers of
Gwoza are still out searching for them. The
military people too are in the bush searching. So
we have not received any information that they
have gotten the students yet. So let it be clear
that all the information passed on the media by
the military concerning 107 girls is not true. I, as
the principal did not tell any body any figure on
released students other than what our Governor,
His Excellency Kashim Shettima had informed the
media." Continue...
Borno state Governor, ashim Shettima told the BBC
Hausa service this morning that only 14 girls had
escaped
"We have recovered 14 of the girls and we have
announced a N50 million reward for any credible
information that will help us get our girls released
and rejoined with their families."
Military spokesperson Major General Chris Olukolade,
had issued a statement yesterday claiming that over
100 abducted girls had been freed and only 8 were
missing. But when contacted again, Olukayode said it
was the principal of the school who told the military
that only eight girls were now missing.
The Principal defended herself by saying;
"I told them that I don't want to be seen to be
contradicting myself on that because what the
governor said was what we know about; and I told
them there may be additional rescue of the girls,
but up to this moment we have not received any
of them apart from what we had before.What the
governor said is still the true picture of the whole
issue and that information given by the military is
totally wrong."