Chibok Girls NOT Among 293 Girls, Women Rescued

The spokesperson for the Nigerian army, Sani Usman, a colonel, has told Reuters news agency that the rescued girls were not, from Chibok. They are not the Chibok girls, this is coming after the defence headquarters said Nigerian troops rescued over 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa forest yesterday.

In recent weeks, Nigerian troops and vigilantes moved into the Sambisa Forest. Last Wednesday the troops had to retreat because of explosive devices Boko Haram planted in the forest, according to military sources and a vigilante who was with the troops. On Monday, troops re-entered the forest and on Tuesday afternoon they raided Boko Haram camps and rescued scores of girls and women. CNN reports that Usman said:

"We stumbled on the girls and may find more." The Tokumbere, Sassa and Tlafa terror camps were raided and destroyed, said a source close to the military. The Tokumbere camp is the most notorious, where the training of small children by Boko Haram is said to have occurred. Boko Haram terrorists were killed in the operation, but the military did not say how many. Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade said the rescued girls and women are still being screened and none has spoken to their families yet.