The Nigerian Army has revealed that some of the Chibok girls captured by Boko Haram terrorists might have been used as human shields when they were fleeing Sambisa forest.
The army captured Camp Zero which is the strong-hold of the terrorists on Friday, December 24 and it was reported that some of the Boko Haram fighters fled.
While no Chibok girl rescued during the military raid, it was reported that this was due to the fact they were probably taken along by the terrorists.
The Punch reports that Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor who is the theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole said some of the girls were probably used as human shields terrorists when they were fleeing Sambisa forest which was why they were not engaged from the air.
He said: “The haggard fighters were just using them as a shield.
“That is why we did not engage them from the air. We had always believed and hoped that going into the Sambisa Forest would afford us the opportunity to get the remaining Chibok girls. What we can’t tell is whether those women we can see were the Chibok girls.”
Irabor revealed that 413 of the suspects were adults; 323 were female adults; 251 male children, while 253 were female children.
He said: “We are interrogating them to know whether they are Boko Haram members, because there is no way somebody that is not their member would live inside Sambisa forest.
“We are still on the trail of the terrorists and I want to assure you that all escape routes have been blocked.
“Within this period, also, about 30 fleeing suspected Boko Haram members have surrendered to the Niger Multinational Troops on the shores of the lake Chad and we learnt that they were taken to Difa in the Niger Republic."
