Nigerians are set to jubilate and celebrate the escape of more Chibok schoolgirls from the captivity of the dreaded insurgent group, Boko Haram.
One of the over 200 girls kidnapped by the terrorists in 2014, Halima Ali Maiyanga, had on Thursday called her father to break the news of her escape alongside several others.
Halima’s father, Ali Maiyanga, said:
“She asked me. Is this my daddy? Is this my daddy, and she started crying. The crying was [so] much and I couldn’t hear her very well. I was crying too. I never expected to hear from her again
“The whole family is so happy. Our house is full of people who are rejoicing with us.”
The highly elated father said he could not talk with Halima very well because of the brevity of the call as well as overwhelming emotion.
However, he added that Halima, who said she was calling from a phone line belonging to a security official, said they were in the safe custody of the Nigerian army.
CNN was yet to get official confirmation from the Nigerian army.
Recall that Boko Haram had in 2014 kidnapped 276 girls from their school in Chibok, causing international outrage.
Some of the girls managed to escape while some others were released by the terror group in a prisoner swap deal with the Federal Government, leaving 112 young still in captivity.
