The Nigerian Army on Tuesday formally handed over the rescued Chibok school girl, Salomi Pogu, to the Borno Government. Major-General Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, presented two rescued girls, including Pogu, to the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, in Maiduguri. Receiving the girls, Durkwa lauded the military for their commitment to the rescue of the abducted girls. Durkwa expressed the hope that the remaining abducted girls would soon be rescued from the Boko Haram insurgents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the terrorists had abducted 219 girls at the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in 2014.

Source: The Guardian January 09, 2018 09:45 UTC