Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima spent the whole of Monday, being Boxing Day, in Chibok town, where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014.
While in Chibok, the governor met 21 schoolgirls freed by the Boko Haram in October 2016, according to a statement from the governor’s spokesman, Isa Umar Gusau, who said the 21 girls who had been in custody of the Federal Government in Abuja were brought to Chibok to mark their first Christmas since abduction over two years ago.
Armed soldiers and officials of the Department of State Security escorted the 21 girls to Chibok. Governor Shettima hosted the girls to a celebration at a government building in Chibok. Shettima was accompanied by Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, the Senate Majority Leader who represents Borno South where Chibok is located.
The girls presented a gift, a medium size photo frame to the governor with a bold ‘THANK YOU’ printed on it. ýThe frame has pictures of the governor taken with the girls when he visited them in Abuja months back. The frame also has individual pictures of each of the 21 girls.
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Glory Dama, one of the 21 girls, presented the photo frame on behalf of her colleagues, saying they deeply appreciated the show of love by Governor Shettima and his wife, Nana Shettima, who had visited them countless times in Abuja.
Governor Shettima told the girls that with their cheerful mood, the next concern had to be their future.
“As you know, 56 of your colleagues who escaped abduction are currently in two international schools where they have been since 2014. We are taking care of all their educational needs from school fees to other basics,” Shettima said.
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