{"id":9166,"date":"2021-08-08T10:02:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T10:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2021-08-08T10:02:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T10:02:56","slug":"borno-governor-receives-surrendered-chibok-schoolgirl-reunites-her-with-family-finding-ruth-keeps-hope-alive-says-zulum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9166","title":{"rendered":"Borno Governor Receives\u00a0 Surrendered Chibok Schoolgirl, Reunites Her with Family\u00a0   \u2026 Finding Ruth Keeps Hope Alive, Says Zulum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Borno Governor Receives\u00a0 Surrendered Chibok Schoolgirl, Reunites Her with Family<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2026 Finding Ruth Keeps Hope Alive, Says Zulum<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday in Maiduguri, received Ruth Ngladar Pogu, one of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted seven years ago at a Government Secondary School in Chibok.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Boko Haram had attacked the school towards midnight on April 14, 2014, and abducted them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ruth, alongside someone she was said to have married during her captivity, surrendered themselves to the Nigerian military on July 28, 2021, at a location in Bama.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Under Zulum\u2019s supervision, security and government officials kept the development secret and used the last 10 days to contact her parents and the association of parents of the missing schoolgirls in order to ascertain her identity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9167\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_43735-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_43735-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_43735-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_43735-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_43735-631x420.jpg 631w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_43735.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zulum\u2019s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, said the governor received the Chibok girl at the Government House in the presence of overwhelmed parents who reunited with her.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">An excited Governor Zulum said reuniting with Ruth was a boost to keeping the hopes of parents, other family members and Borno State government alive in the optimism that all others, still in captivity, will be safely found and in good health.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zulum said the governor, in collaboration with Ruth and her parents, will undertake a rehabilitation and reintegration programme that will focus on her health, psychosocial wellbeing and her chosen path to a productive future, all of which will be determined by her.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9168\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_54360-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_54360-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_54360-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_54360-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_54360-631x420.jpg 631w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210808_54360.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Governor commiserated with families of those still in captivity and urged them to remain optimistic prayerful and cooperative with security agencies should they be required for any measure.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I am extremely excited both as Borno\u2019s Governor and father of all sons and daughters of the state, and also as a father to daughters. I know the feeling of families of those still under captivity but we have to remain hopeful especially with today\u2019s development\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chairman of the Chibok Girls Movement, an association of all affected parents, Yakubu Keki, expressed joy over the return of Ruth Nglari Apagu. He said, the people of Chibok appreciate the efforts of security establishments and the concern and support regularly shown by Governor Zulum on the plight of parents whose daughters are still missing.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borno Governor Receives\u00a0 Surrendered Chibok Schoolgirl, Reunites Her with Family \u2026 Finding Ruth Keeps Hope Alive, Says Zulum Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday in Maiduguri, received Ruth Ngladar Pogu, one of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted seven years ago at a Government Secondary School in Chibok. 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