Troops Rescue Pregnant Chibok School Girl

Hauwa Maltha

Another Chibok schoolgirl abducted alongside her other classmates on April 14, 2014, has been rescued by Troops of 114 Taskforce Battalion, Bita in Borno State.

A native of Kibaku in Jila of Chibok LGA of Borno State, the 26-year-old Hauwa Maltha with serial number two on the list of abducted Chibok Schoolgirls, was rescued on April 21, 2023 along with her three-year-old baby by the troops during operations at Lagara.

While in captivity, Hauwa was forcefully married got married to one Salman, a cameraman to the late terrorist leader, Shekau.

Salman later died in Lake Chad. Thereafter, Hauwa Maltha got married off again to one Mallam Muhammad in Gobara and had two children for him. Mallam Muhammad, her second husband, was also killed in Ukuba terrorists enclave in Sambisa forest during clashes between JAS/ISWAP rivals.

Since her rescue, Hauwa, who is also about eight-month and two weeks pregnant, has undergone a thorough medical examination along with her baby.

Having been adequately resuscitated, Hauwa and her baby, Fatima, will be handed over to the Borno State Government for further management.