Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Chibok, the village in Nigeria’s North-east Borno State where nearly 300 girls were abducted more than six months ago, has now been captured by the insurgent group Boko Haram that abducted the girls, according to local media reports.
The private Daily Trust newspaper Friday quoted Sambido Hosea Bana, Chairman of the Chibok Community in the capital city of Abuja, as saying that Boko Haram insurgents attacked the village on Thursday evening.
”After they entered the town, most residents fled for their lives,” he said, adding that the insurgents who attacked the village were probably those fleeing Mubi, where local hunters and vigilante groups have attacked Boko Haram and reportedly re-taken the town. Chibok is 80km from Mubi.
Another captured town in Adamawa, Maiha, has also reportedly been retaken by local hunters and vigilantes.
About 200 of the girls who were abducted 14 April 2014 remain in captivity, with Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Shekau saying he has married them off.
But President Goodluck Jonathan assured, while declaring his candidacy for another four-year tenure of office on November 11, that his Administration would bring the girls safely back home.
