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Wednesday 29 April 2015

NIgerian Troops Finally ‘free’ 200 girls from Sambisa

 The Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa forest, a stronghold of the Boko Haram sect in Borno state. Making the announcement on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday evening, the defence headquarters said it could not confirm the identity of the freed victims and their origins, hence it could not state if any of them was from Chibok until thorough screening and
proper investigations had been completed.
See tweets Below:
“Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls & 93 women from #Sambisa Forest. We cannot confirm if the #ChibokGirls are in this group,”read the statement.
Right now, all Boko Haram camps, except Sambisa Forest, have been destroyed,” he said. “Every movement of the terrorists is being monitored and every necessary detail is being taken care of to rid the country of the last bastion of terrorists’ infestation.” But on April 23, it was reported that soldiers were retreating from Sambisa after three civilian JTF members were killed by a land mine believed to have been set by Boko Haram members. But the defence headquarters (DHQ) refuted the reports, claiming that its operations were gaining grounds. “Troops have not retreated from Sambisa forest as claimed by sme sources. Rather, the operation is progressing and gaining increasing momentum towards clearing all terrorists hideouts in the forest,” read a statement issued by DHQ




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