Two abducted indigenes of Jigawa state that spent about 2 years in Boko Haram captivity, Fatima 14 years old and Zainab 8 years old on Thursday escaped and returned back home.

Speaking to newsmen, the Jigawa state commissioner for women affairs Hajiya Ladi Ibrahim confirmed that the rescued girls were brought by the Yobe state emergency Management Agency hand handed over to the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

The Women affairs commissioner said the two minors were kidnapped when they were 12 and 6 on their way to Borno state.

Her words “the rescued girls who were from Gofai in Lime ward of Dutse local government have been abducted in Maiduguri two years ago were taken to a hideout in Sambisa forest”.

She said, the girls have been taken to the hospital for medical treatment before taking them back to their family.

According to the rescue officer from Yobe state Emergency management agency Mallam Musa Yunusa who handed over the girls to the sister agency in Dutse, the girls were brought to the agency by soldiers after their rescue from their captives in Damaturu this month.

Receiving the girls, the executive secretary of the agency Alhaji Yusif Sani Babura commended Yobe counterpart for the gesture and said the girls will undergo medical checkup and counseling before handing them to their families.

The executive secretary said, the young girls explained that they were abducted together with their mother two years ago on their way to visit their relatives in Maiduguri.

He added that the state government will continue to support the internally displaced persons from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states residing in the state.

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