The Nigerian army claims that it has found two more females kidnapped by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group from a secondary school over eight years ago.
Global outrage occurred when Islamists captured around 300 female students in north-eastern Chibok in Nigeria in 2014.
Most of these 300 victims have either been released or escaped since then, but several are still unaccounted for.
It seems that the two hostages gave birth while in captivity, as the army stated they were kids.
One of the abductees was found with a child, and the other with two children.
Other abducted females have described being forced to adopt Islam and marry the group’s fighters. The authorities stated that the ”intercepted Chibok girls along with their children” were found in a military medical facility.
The Nigerian government has offered other abductees accommodation and rehabilitation following their freedom from Boko Haram.
Both the women were found on Monday, July 25, in a military operation against extremists in north-eastern Nigeria.
A total of 276 girls were seized from their school dormitory in the mid of the night in April 2014. Within a few hours of their abduction, 57 managed to run mostly by jumping off the lorries and running off in the bushes.
In May 2016, the first of these kidnapped girls were found. A few others have also escaped over these years. Between 2016 and 2018, 103 of these victims were released after negotiations between the militants and the Nigerian government. It is reported that around 100 females are still missing.
Reports reveal that the militants have recently abandoned the rest females because of an intense multi-national military campaign against them.
While the government of Nigeria has allegedly paid Boko Haram around $3.3m (£2.4m) as a ransom for Chibok girls released in negotiations, recent school kidnappings have witnessed little involvement from the government.
