Parents, school principal say no girl was rescued in Chibok

Yesterday evening we all heard the happy news
that over a hundred secondary school girls
abducted on Monday evening at Government
Girls Secondary School Chibok had been freed by
the military. But unfortunately this information is
not true.
Parents of the missing girls, the principal of the
school and Borno state governor told reporters
this morning that the military lied about the
rescue operation as the girls were still missing.
Below is what the principal of the school, Mrs
Asabe Kwambura, told Premium Times this
morning:
"There is nothing in the military statement
that is true about our abducted girls. Up till
now we are still waiting and praying for the
safe return of the students; all I know is
that we have only 14 of them, and the
security people especially the Vigilante and
the well meaning volunteers of Gwoza are
still out searching for them. The military
people too are in the bush searching. So we
have not received any information that they
have gotten the students yet. So let it be
clear that all the information passed on the
media by the military concerning 107 girls
is not true. I, as the principal did not tell
any body any figure on released students
other than what our Governor, His
Excellency Kashim Shettima had informed
the media." Continue...
Borno state Governor, ashim Shettima told the
BBC Hausa service this morning that only 14
girls had escaped
"We have recovered 14 of the girls and we
have announced a N50 million reward for
any credible information that will help us
get our girls released and rejoined with their
families."
Military spokesperson Major General Chris
Olukolade, had issued a statement yesterday
claiming that over 100 abducted girls had been
freed and only 8 were missing. But when
contacted again, Olukayode said it was the
principal of the school who told the military that
only eight girls were now missing.
The Principal defended herself by saying;
"I told them that I don't want to be seen to
be contradicting myself on that because
what the governor said was what we know
about; and I told them there may be
additional rescue of the girls, but up to this
moment we have not received any of them
apart from what we had before.What the
governor said is still the true picture of the
whole issue and that information given by
the military is totally wrong."