According to a report by Punch, 4 more Chibok girls have escaped
from Boko Haram. The Chairman of Chibok Local Government, Mr
Bana Lawan made this claim today May 28th at a stakeholders
meeting initiated by the National Emergency Manangement Authority,
NEMA, for the validation of draft humanitarian response plan for the
abducted girls in Abuja. Mr Lawan who was represented by the Director
of Personnel and Management, Musa Elijah said the number of girls
that have escaped have risen to 57
“The people of Chibok are anxiously waiting for the safe return of their children. Except for the unfortunate situation where two of the parents have passed on. They were known to have BP (blood pressure) issues, although I am not a medical expert, but they will not be opportuned to welcome back their daughters. Latest report reaching us is that instead of 53, those that have escaped are now 57 and those remaining are 164 and not 168 as before. This is out of the 221 girls that were abducted.”
The Chibok Chairman also said that the abducted
students who stayed back in the school during the WAEC exams period did
that at their own risk
"Those that registered for the SSCE are not all that sat for the exam. Over 500 registered and those who had relatives around decided to move to various places like Kaduna and Maiduguri to write the exams. Those that were left with no relations decided to stay back to take the risk and among them 221 were abducted.” Lawan said
He appealed to the Federal Government and National
Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, to help rebuild the school. He
said with the attack on the Chibok Girls Secondary School, girls in the
area are no longer eager to go to school.
