ATIKU PLEDGES SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRAL NIGER TEEN MINER. (PHOTO).
Atiku pledges scholarship to viral Niger teen miner Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said his “heart breaks” each time he watches a viral video of a teenage artisanal miner, Yusuf Aliyu, speaking at a mining site in Niger State after the deaths of 37 miners in the state. Atiku, in a statement posted on his X handle, said he was prepared to support the boy’s education, describing him as a child whose intelligence and confidence should be nurtured in a classroom rather than by working at a mining site. “I have watched Yusuf Aliyu’s video repeatedly, and each time, my heart breaks. A child with such intelligence, clarity and confidence should be in a classroom building his future—not struggling for survival in a community surrounded by gold but buried in poverty. “I cannot look at him and see an ‘illegal miner.’ I see a Nigerian child failed by the country that should have protected him. I see brilliance trapped by poverty and enormous promise abandoned by leadership,” ...
At about 11:00am yesterday,thursday 19th May 2016,troops of 231 Battaliob,331 Artillery Regiment {AR},Detachment of Armed Forces Special Forces {AFSF} 2,Explosive Ordinance {EOD} Team and Civilian Vigilante group of Buratai,conducted clearance operations at Shettima Aboh,Hong and Biladdili general area in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state.During the operations,the troops killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered several arms and ammunitions and other items.In addition,they rescued 97 women and children held captives by the Boko Haram terrorists.We are glad to state that among those rescued is a girl believed to be one of the Chibok Government Secondary School girls that were abducted on the 14th April 2014 by the Boko Haram terrorists.Her name is Miss Serah Luka,who is number 157 on the list of the abducted school girls.She is believed to be the daughter of Pastor Luka.During debriefing the girl revealed that she was a JSS1 student of the school at the time they were abducted.She further added that she hails from Madagali,Adamawa state.She averred that she reported at the school barely two months and one and one week before her unfortunate abduction along with other grls over two years ago.She added that there other three girls who fled from Shettima Aboh when the troops invaded the area earlier today which led to their rescue.She is presently receiving medical attention at the medical facility of Abogo Largema Cantonment,Biu,Borno state.-Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman,Acting Director Army Public Relations. 
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