Nigerian Army rescues pregnant Chibok girl 10 years after abduction

Lydia Simon

 Soldiers of the Nigerian Army deployed in the North-East rescued one of the kidnapped students from the Chibok Secondary School, Lydia Simon.

In a statement, the Department of Army Public Relations said Lydia Simon was rescued along with her three children by troops conducting Operation Desert Sanity III.

“Lydia, who was on serial number 68 among the abducted missing Chibok Secondary School girls, was rescued along with her three children by troops conducting Operation Desert Sanity III, around Ngoshe in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Lydia was five months pregnant at the time of her rescue and claimed to be from Pemi Town in Chibok,” according to the statement.

Of the 271 students kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents, 57 girls escaped in 2014, 103 were released through the intervention of the Federal Government, 20 others were freed by the efforts of the state government while 92 students are still in captivity.

Three AK-47 rifles and four magazines were recovered during the operation.