Chibok girls graduate from US high school

Two Chibok girls, Debbie and Grace have graduated from a high school in Washington DC, United States of America. The girls, simply known by their first names, graduated after completing junior year (11th grade) and senior year (12th grade) at a prestigious private international school in the Washington metro area.

This was disclosed in a release by Emmanuel Ogebe, International Director, Education Must Continue Initiative (EMC).

In a reception celebrating their graduation, the Chibok girls thanked their host families and the NGO volunteers from EMC for supporting them to achieve their dreams. They particularly appreciated the former for driving them daily to and from school for two years.

Also speaking, a parent of one of the girls visiting from Nigeria, stated that he had personally seen that the team had done more for his daughter in America than he could have done for them in Nigeria and thanked them for their love.

On hand to witness the graduation of the two Chibok girls in the class of 2017 were a delegation from Nigeria which included the founders and directors of EMC Initiative Mr and Mrs Paul Gadzama and the parent of one of the girls who travelled all the way from Chibok in northeast Nigeria.

The only Chibok girl currently pursuing a degree program in an American university, cut short her summer vacation in Nigeria to return for the graduation of her colleagues. The girls’ American host families and Barrister Emmanuel Ogebe and his family were among those who witnessed the historic graduation.

Debbie and Grace were part of the first 57 girls who escaped from Boko Haram terrorists after the mass abduction of almost 300 Chibok schoolgirls in April 2014. Unlike most of their colleagues who jumped out of trucks en route, the two were taken all the way to the terrorists camp before they escaped.