Nine days after the United Nations disclosed plans to rehabilitate the 15 Chibok schoolgirls who escaped from Boko Haram captivity, the girls have also gained admission to study any course of their choice at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa State.
Former Vice-President and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, Atiku Abubakar, made this disclosure yesterday on his Facebook and Twitter page.
This gesture came a day after he had a little soirée with his daughters where he said their presence painfully reminds him that prayers should be made for the safe return of the other Chibok girls who remain in captivity.
His tweet read: "Spending time with my daughters painfully reminds me that we must keep praying for the safe return or the Chibok girls #BringBackOurGirls."
Hours after that initial tweet, he again took to the social media to disclose that 15 of the girls have been granted scholarships, although he did not specify the terms of the scholarship.
Tweeting from @atiku he said, "It is heartbreaking to see how much the Chibok parents have suffered. We must pray for the safe return of all the girls #BringBackOurGirls
"15 of the #ChibokGirls who escaped have been admitted into the AUN academy on a scholarship.
"My sincere thanks to the good spirited individuals and friends who raised funds for this worthy cause. #BringBackOurGirls."
The 15 students are just a minute number of the 276 students who were abducted four months ago, precisely on April 14, from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
To encourage the escaped students not to quit on education and all it offers, Atiku in collaboration with other yet-to-be identified individuals, offered them scholarship in the elite school,which was established in 2005.
For the naysayers who doubted the authenticity of the news and claimed it was all for cheap political points, Atiku, went on to tweet the pictures of the girls in a classroom.
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