By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri
One of the additional abducted Chibok school girls, Mary Nkeki, who was recently rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, in the North-East, has indicated interest to reunite with her forced husband, Mallam Adamu, who is now a repentant Boko Haram insurgent.
CompassNG correspondent learnt that the rescued girl was one of the 276 school girls abducted by the Boko Harma insurgents on April 14, 2014 in Chibok community.
Addressing journalists on Monday while handing over Mary Nkeki to the Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Zuwaira Gambo, at the Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, the Theatre Commander OPHK, Major-General Gold Chibuisi, assured that more of such success stories are underway by the special grace of God.
Chibuisi informed that Mary, 27, was rescued on August 14, 2023 by troops of the 81 Nigerian Army Battalion, in Dikwa, a border community with Cameroon. He
further disclosed that the name of Mary is number 55 on the list of abducted Chibok schoolgirls in April 2014.
On how she was rescued, the commander said, “Mary was rescued by our troops, while one Adamu; her husband surrendered to the Army last week in the border areas of Cameroon.”
Mary informed that she had two babies with her husband, but they died of severe acute malnutrition, SAM, in the Gulumba Forest of Bama Local Government Area.
She stated that despite her rescue, she wanted to be reunited with her husband, Adamu, who had already surrendered last week in Dikwa.
