Wow! Two Chibok Girls Who Escaped From Boko Haram Graduate in US

Chibok Girls update: Two Chibok school girls who escaped from the hands of insurgents the deadly Boko Haram who abducted them in 2014 have graduated from a high school in Washington DC, the United States Capital.

The two girls, known by their first names, Debbie and Grace, on Thursday graduated after completing junior year (11th grade) and senior year (12th grade) at a prestigious private international school in the Washington metro area in America.

This was disclosed through a press release on Friday by Emmanuel Ogebe, a U.S.-based human rights lawyer and the International Director of Education Must Continue Initiative, a Nigerian non-governmental organization involved in the care of the girls. God bless the NGO behind this. God bless them much! Another photo below...

Nigerian Army Arrest 6 Female Boko Haram Terrorists, Kill 13

UPDATE - Troops of the 8 Task Force Division of the Nigerian Army have arrested six female and four male Boko Haram terrorists in Monguno and Nolwodo Malgori areas of Borno State, after a tip-off.

It was learnt that the 242 Battalion apprehended the suspects, who were also believed to be Boko Haram members on Saturday. Foodstuffs and a sum of N63,000 were reportedly recovered from them.

This is just as the troops engaged fleeing Boko Haram terrorists in three villages along the Lake Chad, Borno State, during which they shot dead 13 insurgents and recovered some rounds of ammunition.

According to the army, the terrorists had a gun battle with troops in Chikun Gudu, Tumbuma Karami and Tumbuma Baba areas of the Lake Chad, during which they were shot dead, while others escaped with bullet injuries.

The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and 8 Division Spokesman, Col. Timothy Antigha, said, “We rounded up 10 suspected Boko Haram smugglers, six females and four males. We recovered household items, foodstuffs and N63,060 cash from the suspects. They are being profiled to determine their involvement in the Boko Haram insurgency.

“In the ongoing clearance operation on the fringes of Lake Chad, the troops went to Chikun Gudu, Tumbuma Karami and Tumbuma Baba, where we neutralised 13 Boko Haram terrorists, while many others escaped with gunshot wounds.

“We recovered three AK-47 rifles, assorted magazines and 306 rounds of ammunition, a tool box, a deep freezer and a Toyota gun truck. In the same vein, troops destroyed two other Toyota Hilux vehicles, one Toyota truck, two motorcycles and six bicycles.”

Boko Haram members ‘relocating from Sambisa to Taraba forest’

Fleeing Boko Haram members have relocated from Sambisa forest in Borno state to Suntai Daaji forest in Taraba state, Darius Ishaku, governor of Taraba, said on Thursday.

Ishaku made this known when the general officer commanding (GOC) of 82 army division, Enugu, Adamu Abubakar, a major general, paid him a courtesy visit in Jalingo, capital of his state.

The Suntai Daaji forest cut across Bali and Donga local government areas and the Gashaka/Gumti national park in the state.

Ishaku requested the deployment of special security forces in the state to root out “the regrouping Boko Haram insurgents and other terrorists in the state”.

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“The massive influx of people into Taraba for some time now has been the major cause of insecurity,” Ishaku said.

“But when I was warning of the repercussions, I was accused of being against visitors, but today all of us are victims of their criminal activities.

“The terrorists are today committing all sorts of criminal activities, including rape, kidnapping and killings.

“People can’t travel freely on Bali-Suntai-Takum road among several other routes any longer in the state.”

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Ishaku also proffered ranching as the best solution to the clashes between farmers and grazers as well as cattle rustling in the state.

“The population of Nigeria at independence and now is not the same and we must think and look inward to solve these problems associated with open grazing,” he said.

The GOC said he was in the state to address the issue of farmers/herdsmen clashes as well as the general security situation in the state.

He called for dialogue among parties and active collaboration among the security agencies so as to end the security challenges facing the state.

He also urged the governor to grant amnesty to criminals with timeline in other to mop up illegal arms in the state.

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Abubakar commended the governor for the steps taken to improve security in the state and also suggested setting up of a special security committee to work with traditional rulers at the grassroots.

He said any traditional ruler that compromise security in his division “should be removed as a way of strengthening the peace bond.”

Wanted Senior Boko Haram Commander ‘Pepper’ Arrested

The Nigerian Army says it has arrested a top Boko Haram commander notorious for terror activities in Yobe State and environs. A statement signed by Army spokesman, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman revealed that troops stationed at Forward Operation Base, Potiskum arrested the notorious Boko Haram commander in Yobe state.

The suspect, a 35-year-old man called Abubaka Adamu, popularly known as ‘Pepper’ was arrested around New Prison area, Potiskum, Potiskum local government area, Yobe state.

According to the statement, Adamu was arrested on Sunday, May 14 by the Troops of 233 Battalion, 27 Task Force Brigade, of the Nigerian army, assisted by local vigilantes.

Preliminary investigation shows that the suspected terrorist hailed from Yerimara village, Potiskum LGA and that he has participated in carrying out attacks and other terrorists activities in the north east. Investigation is still ongoing.

In a related development, combined troops of 231and 331 Battalions foiled an armed robbery attempt at Chanchara village, Shani LGA. They recovered an AK-47 rifle, machetes and ammunition.

Meanwhile, eleven farmers have been killed in Amarwa village in Konduga LGA, after Boko Haram insurgents reportedly stormed the village in search of food.

The village, which was about 16 kilometers away from Maiduguri metropolis was very close to Alau Dam which was heavily guarded but no help came from there during the attack.

Breaking: Boko Haram Sent Me To Die For Refusing Marriage Proposals – Suicide Bomber

A 14-year old female suspected suicide bomber says Boko Haram leaders choose her to detonate an Improvised Explosive Device in Maiduguri because she refused to get married to their members in Sambisa Forest.

The suspect is among three suspects arrested by the military when they allegedly came for a suicide mission at a military facility in Jakana in Maiduguri.

The suspect told the News Agency of Nigeria that she was sent on the mission to detonate the device because she refused marriage proposals from three Boko Haram terrorists. The suspect said she was abducted with her father, Usman, by Boko Haram insurgents in Gwoza, Borno, in 2013.

She said she and her father were running to Mandara mountain for safety when they were abducted.

The suspect said she and her father wanted to travel to Madagali in Adamawa where he normally sold cows before Boko Haram insurgents attacked Gwoza.

“I have spent three years in the hands of Boko Haram. Three different Boko Haram (terrorists) had proposed to marry me and I refused. Two among them were commanders (amir).

”When I refused for the third time, one of the commanders became furious and threatened to kill me and my father. I told him I would rather die than marry a Boko Haram (terrorist).

“So, after one week, they said since I have refused to get married, I should be taken to Maiduguri for a suicide mission. So, three of them held my hands and they injected me.

”Then, I never knew what was happening again.

”I was taken to a herbalist, who, after I regained consciousness, told me that I had been with him for 30 days.

“He told me he was preparing me for a mission. So he gave me some water to drink. I don’t know what it tasted like but I drank it. So, he said they would come and pick me today.

”At about 7p.m. three Boko Haram (members) came with a male and a female. They were also recruited for the mission like me.

“We spent one and a half days on the road to Maiduguri. It was when we got to Maiduguri that they strapped the bombs on our bodies. At that moment I knew that I was going to die, so I started crying.

”I was watching when the first bomber, a female, detonated her explosive close to a military checkpoint which killed no one but herself. The second, a male, was killed by the military before he could detonate his.

“At that time something told me to remove my own IED and surrender which I did. I was surrounded by soldiers and policemen and I fainted.

”When I woke up, I discovered that one of the policemen at the checkpoint was a brother of my mother’s. I think that was the reason I survived,’’ the suspect said.

Meanwhile, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, said the suspects were being de-radicalised at the military detention facility.

“We have quite a number of them here in our facility. We have been profiling them and making them feel comfortable.

“So far, from their testimonies, they usually tell us that they were brainwashed by some sort of charms to commit suicide,” Irabor said.

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Nigerian Soilders foil attack on Maiduguri, kill Boko Haram fighters

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Thursday repelled Boko Haram insurgents who tried to invade Maiduguri, through Aloa Dam, a village, five kilometers from Borno capital.

Dan Hajia, a witness, told TheCable that many of the insurgents were killed.

Hajia said the attackers shot sporadically to scare residents, made use of motorcycles.

“We were fishing at Aloa Dam when we started hearing gunshots from Boko Haram insurgents. They shot sporadically in their, and approached our location, but we fled immediately we saw them,” he said.

“As we speak now, soliders are at Dalori. Many of the insurgents have been killed.”

A senior security operative, who pleaded anonymity, said since Wednesday, there had been security report about mass presence of Boko Haram fighters along Konduga, Gwambalr and Aloa axis.

He said most of the insurgents must have been killed because security personnel were prepared to take them on.

TheCable observed truckloads of soldiers moving Tashan Bama axis to Aloa general area, around 3:30pm.

The military has succeeded in reducing attacks by Boko Haram. However, the sect still carries out suicide attacks.

Earlier on Thursday, three suicide bombers were gunned down in Maiduguri.