According to the Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area, Mr. Bana Lawan, represented by the Director for Personnel and Management, Mr. Musa Elijah while speaking yesterday at a one-day stakeholders meeting for the validation of draft humanitarian response plan for all the abducted Chibok girls by the National Emergency Management Agency in Abuja said the number of escapees had risen to 57 as against 53, while 164 girls were still held by the terrorist group. In his words he said, “The people of Chibok are anxiously waiting for the safe return of their children. Except for the unfortunate situation where two of the parents have passed on. They were known to have BP (blood pressure) issues, although I am not a medical expert, but they will not be opportuned to welcome back their daughters... latest report reaching us is that instead of 53, those that have escaped are now 57 and those remaining are 164 and not 168 as before. This is out of the 221 girls that were abducted.”
He added that this figure is as a result of confirmation that it was not all those who registered for the Senior School Certificate Examination in the school that stayed back. “Those that registered for the SSCE are not all that sat for the exam. Over 500 registered and those who had relatives around decided to move to various places like Kaduna and Maiduguri to write the exams. Those that were left with no relations decided to stay back to take the risk and among them 221 were abducted... The school in particular has been existing for long and the quality of education in it has been diminishing. So I want to appeal to the Federal Government, through NEMA and the presidential committee, to intervene in rebuilding the school.”
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