Boko Haram militants seize Chibok town in Borno
Boko Haram militants have
seized Chibok, a town in Borno State, where nearly 300 schoolgirls were
abducted by the same group on April 14.
Residents of Chibok said
militants attacked and took control of the Chibok Local Government Area
Thursday night.
One resident, Musa Chibok,
told PREMIUM TIMES he managed to leave the town as the insurgents took charge.
It is not clear whether any
resident was killed.
The extremist group, Boko
Haram, has seized several towns lately in Borno and Adamawa State, driving out
government soldiers and other security operatives and confiscating their arms.
On Thursday, the Adamawa
State governor, Bala Ngilari, said local vigilante and hunters, backed by the
military, reclaimed Mubi, the second most important town in Adamawa, nearly two
weeks after the town fell to the insurgents.
Chibok became the centre of
international attention in April after Boko Haram fighters stormed the town and
took away nearly 300 female students from a government secondary school.
Majority of the girls remain
in captivity more than six months after. About 57 either escaped or were
released.
A recent claim by the
Nigerian government that a ceasefire had been agreed with Boko Haram and that
the girls will be returned to their families, turned out false.
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