Army recaptures Chibok town from insurgents – Military
The 7 Division of Nigerian Army on Sunday in Abuja
said it has captured Chibok town in Borno State from insurgents.
Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 7 Division of
the Nigerian Army, Col. Sani Usman said in a statement that the military was
still carrying out Mopping-Up Operation on the surrounding environment.
The statement added that Chibok was fully secured.
The insurgents had stormed the Government Girls
Secondary School in Chibok on the evening of April 14 and forced 276 students
onto trucks in a mass abduction.
Fifty-seven of the abducted girls have since then
managed to escape.
The insurrection by Boko Haram, which wants to create
an Islamic state in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria, has claimed more than
10,000 lives in the past five years.
They have seized more than 20 towns and villages in
the northeast in recent months.
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