BREAKING AFP: More than 60 women, girls reportedly ESCAPE abductors in Nigeria (Updated)

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BREAKING: More than 60 women, girls escape Islamist abductors in Nigeria: security source


Agence France-Presse ‏@AFP 1m
UPDATE: More than 60 women, girls escape Islamist abductors in Nigeria

Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - More than 60 women and girls abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants northeast Nigeria have escaped their captors, sources said Sunday.

Local vigilante Abbas Gava said he had "received an alert from my colleagues ... that about 63 of the abducted women and girls had made it back home". A high-level security source in Borno state capital Maiduguri, who requested anonymity, confirmed the escape.

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“I have just received an alert from my colleagues in Damboa area that about 63 of the abducted women and girls had made it back home. They took the bold step when their abductors moved out to carry out an operation”, said Abbas Gava, an official of the Vigilante group.

“We don’t have the details of their escape yet, but we believe God gave them the opportunity at the time the insurgents came in their large numbers to attack Damboa where about 12 soldiers, five policemen, over 50 Boko Haram members and unspecified number of civilians were killed yesterday (Saturday).”

Mr. Gava said about five women and two girls still remain under captivity. One of the women is said to be a nursing mother.

A top security officer in Maiduguri, who asked not to be named, confirmed the escape to PREMIUM TIMES.

“There is no doubt about your report; the women and girls were able to escape,” said the source. “I guess it was during the time the gunmen were attacking Damboa; left behind just some few men to watch over the women, but the women took advantage of an opportunity when the guys were dozing off, and bolted away but quietly . . .

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tV1alCOq50IJ:www.premiumtimesng.com/news/164505-63-abducted-borno-women-escape-from-boko-haram.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[malaise]

1. Oh yes - great news

Get thee to the greatest page

[orpupilofnature57]

2. +1000 !!!!

[shenmue]

3. Yes!

Hope they are safe soon.

[The Magistrate]

4. Hope This Proves Out, Sir

[bigtree]

6. updated in op

report: http://news.yahoo.com/more-60-women-girls-escape-islamist-abductors-nigeria-221402703.html;_ylt=AwrBJR4By7lTtkUA5OfQtDMD

. . . I was just getting frantic with my wife about how much time had passed without any other source stepping up and I looked at the clock and realized it had only been a few minutes.

I'm anxious to see if this bears out, as well.

[Cha]

5. THanks for the Good breaking news, bigtree!

[hardcover]

7. Yes Yes Yes!!!

[JI7]

8. i hope so , i wonder which ones these are

the ones from the kidnapping from the school or later ones .

if it's the ones from later ones i wonder if they saw that nobody is going to help them so they know the only way out was for them to try themselves and even risking their lives to do it.

i just hope it's true and more girls can get out .

[JustAnotherGen]

10. +1000,

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. If "abducted last month" is correct, it's later ones

The 200 or so schoolgirls were kidnapped in April.

[mopinko]

28. if there were older women with them

either this is some other group, or we were told they were all school girls and they were not.
not sure what that means.

[Wolf Frankula]

9. Good For Them!

Hope to hear that more women escape soon.

Wolf

[riderinthestorm]

11. Hoping! Hoping! Hoping! Please let this be true! ! nt

[4139]

12. God, forget about my prayer about winning the lottery today....make this true!

[pinboy3niner]

14. Nigerian Bulletin: Breaking: 63 Abducted Women Escape from Boko Haram's Den

About 63 out of about 70 women abducted in Borno State by suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly escaped from their captors.

According to Premium Times, the women managed to regain their freedom as their captors mobilised out of their hideout to attack military and police formations in Damboa Local Government Area, Borno State, on Friday night and Saturday morning, according to security sources.

“I have just received an alert from my colleagues in Damboa area that about 63 of the abducted women and girls had made it back home. They took the bold step when their abductors moved out to carry out an operation”, said Abbas Gava, an official of the #Borno state vigilante group.

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A top security officer in Maiduguri, who asked not to be named, confirmed the escape saying, "there is no doubt about your report; the women and girls were able to escape,” said the source. “I guess it was during the time the gunmen were attacking Damboa; left behind just some few men to watch over the women, but the women took advantage of an opportunity when the guys were dozing off, and bolted away but quietly.


http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/breaking-63-abducted-women-escape-from-boko-harams-den.83126/

[herding cats]

15. Yes! Some good news!

Thank you, bigtree for the update. It's good to hear some positive news coming from that region.

[NJCher]

16. YAY!

I can't wait until we hear their story, not to mention that when debriefed, they may have valuable info on where the others are.





Cher

[theHandpuppet]

17. Oh this is wonderful news!!!

Thanks for sharing this!

[Jack Rabbit]

18. Yes (pumps fist) Yes (pumps fist) Yes (pumps fist)

You go, girls.

[ReRe]

19. Great!

... if they are from the first 275 who were kidnapped, that means 212 girls are still behind. The ones who were able to escape will have all kinds of info about where the others might be!
I hope this report is true.

[freshwest]

29. +1

[LoisB]

20. I certainly hope this is true.

[DonCoquixote]

21. YEEESSSS

May they make it home, and grow up to be the sort that puts boko haram IN THEIR PLACE, and may they inspiure their sisters across the ocean to do the same (yeah Hobby Lobby, I aimed that at you.)

[iandhr]

22. I really hope this proves to be true.

Fingers crossed.

[malthaussen]

23. Yeah, that sounds about right.

No way the government was going to help them get free, so they took matters into their own hands. There's a moral there, somewhere.

-- Mal

[sheshe2]

24. I so hope this is true.

And that the girls are safe.

Thanks for the report bigtree.

[noel711]

25. I heard this a while ago...

is there any verification from western news sources?

I couldn't find any other reports, not from BBC, or CNN , I even checked Al Jazira American..

all we have is the one report...AFP?

[bigtree]

27. yep

. . . and their sources aren't American either.

I think confirmation from our own government would make it more reliable, but, so far, nothing from the U.S.

[JI7]

32. i'm hoping it has more to do for safety reasons

maybe they don't want to reveal too much . especially because there are still other girls being held.

and though i don't have much hope for this but maybe they want to get info from those who got away to try to get the others back.

[stage left]

26. I so hope this is true!

Thanks for posting, bigtree.

[trueblue2007]

30. HUFFINGTON POST IS POSTING NEWS TOO

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/nigerian-girls-escape_n_5562070.html

[Takket]

31. Great news!

Hopefully these women can help pinpoint for the military where they were being held, and then it is time to pay boko haram a most unpleasant visit.

[MoonRiver]

33. Wonderful! Bring all the girls home!!

Thanks for posting!

[bigtree]

34. »

[Hekate]

35. Good start, very good start. nt

[MadrasT]

36. AWESOME!!!

What *great* news!

[Eleanors38]

37. I hope this holds up! Yea!

[Cha]

38. And, we read on here that we would probably never get them back.. didn't give up hope.

mahalo bigtree~

[bigtree]

39. » little more

AP:

Chibok local government chairman Pogu Bitrus said Monday he had verified that about 60 women and girls escaped on Thursday and Friday by sending a representative who met with some of the escapees and their families at the hospital in Lassa, a town in the neighboring Damboa local government area.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/63-abducted-females-escape-extremists-nigeria

[littlemissmartypants]

40. Wonderful News!

WOMEN ROCK! We are victorious, resilient, flexible, ingenious, strong, resourceful, covert, empathetic and we don't quit. We can't just lay down otherwise who is going to raise our next generation?
JUST A FEW REASONS WHY THE GOP SHOULD FEAR US!

Thank you bigtree for this post.
I love you.

Love, Peace and Shelter. Lmsp

[Heather MC]

41. God had nothing to do with this, those young ladies saved themselves

what a shitty god to have allowed them to be kidnapped i. The first place. Is god going to go back and get the 137 that were left behind. Or is god busy picking his winning NFL tram for next fall.

I am relived those young women had tge courage to save themselves, Let's hope the rest of them realize that if they want freedom they have to run when they get the chance

[Nevernose]

42. I came out as an atheist when people were recounting a news story

A tornado had destroyed some small town and wiped out dozens of people, including one whole family. They found one of the kids alive and my coworkers said, "It's a miracle! If that doesn't show that God is looking out for us, then I don't know what does!"

I flipped.

[Heather MC]

45. I had a similar reaction, when I told people I worked at the Pentagon

The year 9/11 happened, And they said, "thank god you survived"

I flipped. It's not god Humans are doing horrible things to other humans, because shitty humans exist. The only thing that protects us is ourselves and other humans that are not shitty.

These girls were saved because they had the courage to run. If they used a god belief to find the courage so be it, but they did all the work themselves

fellow free thinker, always a pleasure.

[maced666]

44. Maybe for a few moments we can celebrate this.

Well aware of the wisdom/wonders of atheism, glory to the non believers.
Not about God? Okay - not about you, either.
Spare me your non-religion, I LOVE this story, no added agenda needed.

[Heather MC]

46. I am free to comment however I like. You are free to ignore it

[Inkfreak]

50. No opportunity must be missed, it seems. (nt)

[Heather MC]

52. pardon me

But if this was a god's plan to save these women it was bit of a convoluted fk up

“We don’t have the details of their escape yet, but we believe God gave them the opportunity at the time the insurgents came in their large numbers to attack Damboa where about 12 soldiers, five policemen, over 50 Boko Haram members and unspecified number of civilians were killed yesterday (Saturday).”

12 Soldiers
5 policemen and an
unspecified number of civilians were killed yesterday

So this was god's plan have a bunch of innocent people killed to save 63 Women?

Don't get me wrong I am very happy for their families and their freedom, but giving a god credit means it also has to shoulder the blame for families who lost loved one in the insurgents

Or, The women saved themselves in the mist of utter chaos created by humans. And they deserve the Credit for their bravery in escaping not a god.

[Inkfreak]

55. I wouldn't know.

I don't believe in God. But I agree them being able to get free is a good thing.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

47. OFFS.

[treestar]

43. Good news

And soon we can hear their accounts of what happened.

[spanone]

48. k&r...

[theexwife]

49. Whew

I think the entire world just breathed a collective sigh of relief on this one. I am so happy that they managed to escape. I hope that the others that are still left there can do the same.

[Inkfreak]

51. Good news!

Hopefully they can begin to reclaim their lives. Though I fear they're in for many more hardships in life.

[tymorial]

53. So awesome!

Here is to praying that they aren't permanently scared for life physically, emotionally and psychologically.

[Phentex]

54. Hope the others get out as well...

and cheers to all the brave women who escaped!

[aquart]

56. They have to do it themselves. No man has come to help them.