100+ Chibok Girls Still Missing 7 Years After Boko Haram Kidnapping
14 Apr 2021
More than 100 schoolgirls abducted by the Nigerian Islamic terror group Boko Haram in April 2014 remain missing, Amnesty International said Wednesday in a statement commemorating the seventh anniversary of the kidnapping in northeastern Nigeria’s Chibok village.
“Today marks seven years since 279 schoolgirls were abducted by the armed group Boko Haram in Chibok,” the human rights organization wrote on April 14. “Although most escaped or were later released, more than 100 girls remain in captivity.”
The exact number of schoolgirls still missing remains unclear. Nigeria’s
Sahara Reporters news site on Tuesday wrote that 112 Chibok girls remain unaccounted for, while