Boko Haram: Zulum receives another Chibok girl

Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum has received another Chibok girl, Rebecca Magu, abducted by Boko Haram insurgents alongside 275 of her schoolmates while sitting for the Secondary School Certificate Examination in 2014 at GSS Chibok.

The governor, meanwhile has promised tosupport Rebbeca and all other victims of Boko Haram insurgents recovered.

According to a statement by the governor’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, Rebbeca Magu who was rescued in Cameroon on the 17th of July was handed over to the Governor of Borno State by the National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre, ONSA, Rear Admiral Yem Musa (Rtd), to be reunited with her family.

He noted that she is one of the few Chibok schoolgirls that were rescued from captivity and received by Borno State Government since 2019.

The delegation was received by Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Zuwaira Gambo, at Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Maiduguri.

Briefing the governor, Rear Admiral Musa said Rebecca was kidnapped at a school in Chibok in 2014 when she was just 13 years old.

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