Rescued Chibok girl delivers baby boy in military custody

AHMED MARI, Maiduguri

A rescued pregnant Chibok girl,  Hauwa Martha who was forcefully married to Salman, a camera man to Shekau delivered a bouncing baby boy at the military hospital in Maiduguri on Friday, April 28.

The Theatre Commander Operation Hadin Kai, Maj Gen. Ibrahim Ali disclosed this while briefing journalists at the Theater headquarters, Maiduguri Borno State capital on Thursday said, Hauwa Martha who was rescued with 8 months, two weeks pregnant and three- year- old child by the troops of 114 Battalion Bitta delivered a baby boy on April 28.

Gen. Ali said, “Hauwa, who was about 8 months and two weeks pregnant during the time of her rescue delivered a bouncing baby boy on April 28 while undergoing a thorough medical examination along with her baby Fatima at 7 Div Medical Hospital and Services. Equally, Hauwa and her children, have been adequately resuscitated and will be handed over to the Borno State Government for further administration”.

According to him, “On 21 Apr 2023, Hauwa Martha and her three-year-old baby were rescued by troops of 114 Task Force Battalion  Bitta at Lagara during operations. She is on serial number 02 of the abducted Chibok Girls List. Hauwa is 26 years old, Kibaku by tribe from Jila in Chibok LGA of Borno State. While in captivity Hauwa got married at Gulukos to one Salman, a camera man to Shekau. Salman later died in Lake Chad.

“Thereafter, Hauwa Martha got married to one Mallam Muhammad in Gobara and had two children for him who later died due to sickness. Mallam Muhammad, her second husband was also killed in Ukuba terrorist enclaves in Sambisa Forest during clashes between JAS/ISWAP.”

He said it would be recalled that 14th April 2014, 276 Chibok  Girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents, 57 escaped, at that moment, 107 were released in 2018, 3 were rescued in 2019, 2 in 2021,11 2022 and 2 in 2023, while 94 are still is unaccountable”.

He assured them that they would not rest on their oars until they rescued the remaining Chibok Girls and restored absolute peace to the Northeast.

“Also rescued, on 21 April 23, Esther Marcus and her one-year-old baby, Juwairiya were rescued by troops of 114 Task Force Bitta at Lagara during operations. She is on serial number 103 of the abducted Chibok Girls List. Esther is 26 years old, Kibaku by tribe from Jila in Chibok LGA of Borno State. While in captivity, she was forcefully married to one Garba aka (Garus), a BHT fighter who was killed during troops’ offensive operations on terrorists’ enclaves. She was later married off to another BHT, Abba in Ukuba terrorist enclaves in Sambisa Forest until her rescue by troops of OPHK”, he said

Ali added that since their rescue, they have undergone thorough medical examination along with their r babies and they have equally been resuscitated and handed over to the Borno State Government for further administration.

He expressed appreciation to the President, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Leo Irabor and Service Chiefs for their strategic guidance and provision of requisite logistics and operational platforms.

He also assured Nigerians, especially the people of the Northeast that the military would not rest on their oars until peace is fully restored to the region.

Troops rescue 2 aid workers abducted by ISWAP terrorists in Borno

Meanwhile, two out of the three humanitarian workers recently abducted by ISWAP terrorists in Gamborun-Ngala, Borno State, have reportedly been rescued by troops of Operation Desert Sanity 2.

The rescued aid workers are staff of Family Health International, (FHI360), an international non-governmental organization providing humanitarian support to Internally Displaced Persons, (IDPs) and resettled communities in Borno and other states within the northeast region.

Multiple reports indicated that the two aid workers were rescued during a gun battle between the troops of the 21- Armoured Brigade, Bama and the terrorists in the Banki axis of Bama Local government area.

Sources also told Zagazola Makama, a security analyst in the Lake Chad region that, the victims jumped out of one of the vehicles of the terrorists and quickly identified themselves to the troops while one other staff ran into the bush amidst heavy shootings.

It was, however, learned that two security guards abducted alongside the aid workers who ran into the bush are yet to be found.

Recall that an unconfirmed number of ISWAP terrorists stormed the FHI360’s gusts house in a silent operation at about 4 am on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, and whisked away three humanitarian workers and two security guards.

As of the time of filling in this report, FHI360 has yet to release an official statement on the rescue of its staff.

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