Chibok girls return to school after escaping from clutches of Boko Haram

#chibokgirls #bokoharam #godiya #yola #nigeria Boko Haram had kidnapped around 220 girls from their school in north-eastern Nigerian village of Chibok and, while 57 of them succeeded in escaping from their clutches, the others are still held captive deep in the jungle as reported in theguardian.com dated 3 February 2015.
The mass abduction last April propelled the sect into global infamy and the global community rose as one to condemn the kidnapping and the missing students became an international symbol of the oppression of Boko Haram and their attitude towards education.
But these girls have become bold and are now pursuing studies. That has been made possible by a 27-year-old woman known only as Godiya who offered scholarships – her sister was one of the kidnapped schoolgirls. Her mission put her directly in the crosshairs of the sect of Boko Haram which means “western education is forbidden”.
She is an employee of the American University of Nigeria in Yola. She approached her boss Margee Ensign at the American University of Nigeria in Yola who has run the establishment for six years. Godiya told her that her sister was one of the girls who had escaped, and that she and the other girls were in Chibok, doing nothing and she wanted Ensign to help them out.
Therefore, Ensign managed to collect $50,000 in donations to put 10 girls through the university for one year and the once traumatized girls have got a fresh lease of life and are turning over a new leaf, thanks to Godiya and Ensign.

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