₦airaland Forum

Joy Bishara, one of the 276 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014, has rebuilt her life in the United States.

Bishara, who escaped by jumping from a moving truck with her cousin, Lydia Pogu, said the decision to leap was inspired by divine guidance.

She relocated to the U.S. in August 2014 with support from Jubilee Campaign, a nonprofit organisation.

She completed her high school education at Canyonville Academy in Oregon before gaining admission to Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida.

In April 2021, she graduated with a degree in social work, while Pogu earned a degree in legal studies.

Bishara announced her engagement to her American partner, James, in July 2023. Reports later confirmed that the two have since married.

Nearly a decade after the attack, Bishara has continued to speak out for her abducted classmates.

About 82 of the 276 girls remain missing, including Leah Sharibu, who was kidnapped in a separate attack in 2018.

Samantha125:
She now hates everything that has to do with African men, thanks to the treatment she got from her African brothers who were supposed to protect her, but failed her woefully.

brodalikeme:
Nigerian distorting the destinies of Nigerians. Imagine if she remained in Nigeria.

Imagined the lot of her classmates you escaped but are still in the country. 11 years down the line, now hong has changed, if anything, it had gotten worse.

I celebrate you and best wishes in all things

OKOATA:
This is ones in a life time kinda luck. I pray to all of us seeking the face of Mother nature, we pray she gifts us with wealth, health and long life before leaving this beautiful world.