The Director, Defence Information, Maj.
Gen. Chris Olukolade, has confirmed that the troops of the Nigerian Army
rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a raid on Sambisa Forest on
Tuesday.
When the news of the rescue was broken
on the tweeter handle of the military on Tuesday, many Nigerians had
gone online to speculate that the freed ladies included the Chibok
schoolgirls.
However, Olukolade did not confirm
whether or not the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014
were among the rescued ladies.
The Defence spokesman told our
correspondent on the telephone that the tweets were the true position of
the army on its operations in Sambisa Forest.
The tweets read, “Troops this (Tuesday)
afternoon rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa. We cannot confirm
if the Chibok girls are in the group.
“The
troops captured and destroyed three terrorist camps, including the
notorious Tokumbere Camp in the Sambisa Forest operation.
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