Soldiers save pregnant Chibok student

Another kidnapped Chibok schoolgirl has been freed by members of the 114 Task Force Battalion, Bita in Borno State’s Gwoza Local Government Area.

Hauwa Maltha, 26, who had been listed as serial number 2 on the list of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls since April 14, 2014, was freed on April 21, 2023, together with her three-year-old child, by the military as part of operations at Lagara.

She is from the Kibaku tribe in Jila in the Borno State municipality of Chibok.

This is happening at the same time as Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) soldiers have detained 19 Boko Haram suspects and retrieved numerous weapons from their hideouts in Borno’s northeast.

On Monday, knowledgeable and trustworthy sources informed our correspondent of the most recent accomplishments, which Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, also corroborated.

Sources revealed that “while in captivity, Martha got married in Gulukos to one Salman, a cameraman to the late terrorist’s leader, Abubakar Shekau.

“Salman later died in Lake Chad. Thereafter, the victim got married off again to one Mallam Muhammad in Gobara and had 2 children for him. Mallam Muhammad, her second husband was also killed in Ukuba terrorist enclave in Sambisa forest during clashes between JAS/ISWAP. 

“Since her rescue, Martha who is about 8 months and 2 weeks pregnant, has undergone thorough medical examination along with her baby. 

“Having been adequately resuscitated, Martha and her baby, Fatima, will be as usual, handed over to the Borno State Government for further management.”