One Of Former Abducted Chibok Girl, Palmatah Mutah, Blazes Trail In America
Palmatah Mutah, one of the 276 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Northern Nigeria in 2014 has done well for herself against all odds. Palmatah obtained an associate degree in America last week and is now on the path to making history.
Her graduation day came five years, one month and three days after the highly condemned mass abductions that sparked global outrage and ignited the #Bringbackourgirls campaign.
The 23-year-old Mutah, who escaped by jumping out of a Boko Haram truck, becomes the first escaped Chibok girl in the world to obtain an associate degree from an institution abroad.
READ ALSO: Leah Sharibu Trends On Social Media Again
Many Nigerians were shocked that most of the 57 Chibok students who escaped could not speak English, although they were final-year students preparing for their senior secondary school leaving certificate examinations at the time.
However Ms Mutah proved to be an exceptional candidate and after just one year in a two-year programme in the US meant to enable them complete their high school education, she took a Community College entrance examination and passed.
She was the only one out of 10 Chibok girls sponsored to school in the US by international human rights lawyer, Emmanuel Ogebe, and others to make it to Community College within the first year of arrival.
See more photos below:
