Troops rescue Chibok girl alongside her three children from kidnappers’ grasp after a decade

Troops from Operation Desert Sanity III, part of the North East Operation Hadin Kai, have successfully liberated Lydia Simon, another Chibok girl, a decade after she was abducted.

April 14, 2024, marks the 10th anniversary of the violent abduction of 276 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents.

Lydia was rescued along with her three children by the troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Intelligence Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, that Lydia who was on serial number 68 among the abducted missing girls escaped from the camp of Ali Ngulde in Mandara Mountain where she was held in captivity for several years.

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She surrendered to troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion at Ngoshe in Gwoza LGA.

The rescued Chibok girl is five months pregnant and claimed she was from Pemi Town in Chibok.

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