Thursday, February 22, 2018

223 353 1019 | Nigeria rescues 76 schoolgirls after Boko Haram attack, others missing, February 21, 2018


The Nigerian military rescued 76 schoolgirls and recovered the bodies of two others on Wednesday, after the students went missing during a Boko Haram attack on a village, three parents, a resident.

“Everybody is celebrating their coming with songs and praises to God almighty,” said Babagana Umar, one of the parents whose daughter had disappeared. “The only sad news is that two girls were dead and no explanation.” The rescued girls were returned to the village of Dapchi late on Wednesday evening, Umar and other residents said.

1,019 is the 171st prime number
353 is the 71st prime number

On April 14-15 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria by Boko Haram. 57 of the schoolgirls managed to escape over the next few months.

Boko Haram is a Jihadist militant organization based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon.

From the date of the 2014 Boko Haram Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping (4/14/14) to the date of this Bauchi, Nigera (2/21/18) is 1,409 days.

1,409 is the 223rd prime number

At least 13 students may still be missing, and Reuters was unable to determine how the two girls died. Earlier on Wednesday, sources told Reuters that 91 people were unaccounted for after a roll-call at their school on Tuesday.

Police and state officials said on Wednesday that there was no evidence that the girls had been abducted, though the Yobe government later said in a statement that the military had rescued some of the students from Boko Haram. 

Nigerian authorities often deny or downplay such incidents, including the Chibok girl kidnapping and more recent abductions, as well as the scale of Boko Haram attacks in the northeast.

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