BOKO HARAM: US Claims to have Locate Clusters of Chibok Girls

The American and African forces sent to Cameroon to fight Boko Haram have, on several occasions, located clusters of the schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant group two years ago, United States officials said.

Rescue operations have not been carried out, the officials said, because of fears that any ensuing battle with Boko Haram fighters would put the captives at risk, or incite some form of retaliation against hostages still being held in other areas.

Islamist Boko Haram ready to swap 219 girls with 70 detainees

The Islamist Boko Haram sect has demanded the release of 70 of its members in detention as a condition to free the Chibok girls, it emerged yesterday.

The sect is also asking the government to give amnesty to its members. A lawyer close to the armed group, Hajiya Aisha Wakil, told AlJazeera English that the sect said only when these conditions are met would it release the abducted girls.

No fewer than 276 girls were abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State on April 15. The Boko Haram leaders deceived the girls that they were soldiers who came to protect them from attack.

There are 219 girls in their custody following the escape of 57 from their enclave.

Chibok mother identifies her daughter on Boko Haram video

Reuters reports that a school leader on telephone, Tuesday said one of the mothers of the kidnapped schoolgirls in Chibo, Borno state has identified her daughter in the new video released by the Boko Haram abductors.

Mr. Dumoma Mpur, who is the chairman of the parent teachers association at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, confirmed that one mother who watch the video on Monday evening spotted her daughter among dozens of girls sitting on the ground and wearing veils.

Cash Reward: N50 million For Credible Information Leading To The Location And Rescue Of Chiboke Girls - Nigeria Police

N50 million reward for credible information leading to the location and rescue of Chiboke Girls says the Nigeria Police.


The Police force today announced a cash reward of N50 million for credible information leading to “the location and rescue” of the female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

A statement by spokesman Frank Mba said any such information given would be treated anonymously and with utmost confidentiality.

It gave the following numbers:

DailyTrust Interview : What Boko Haram Fighters Told Me About Sect - Governor Kashim Shettima

Governor Kashim Shettima is, probably, Nigeria’s most troubled state Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the moment. Before he was voted into power in the 2011 governorship election, the insurgency in Borno State had begun to fester. In spite of all peace moves and military action, the crisis has not been brought to an end.

In this exclusive interview conducted last Wednesday, Governor spoke on the abduction of over 200 school girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok some two weeks ago, the state of emergency, the Boko Haram crisis generally, among many other contemporary issues

What’s the latest good news that you have for the parents of the 270 school girls abducted by Boko Haran two weeks ago? What are you doing about their rescue?

That incident is one nightmare that troubles me very much - as a father and leader. It remains the worst in my entire life. As a father I can imagine what a parent feels when a daughter is in the hands of abductors who are very capable of forceful marriage, rape, slavery and who are against education. As I said at a courtesy call earlier today, we are at a brokenhearted time in our dear Borno State because as we speak, over 200 precious daughters of Borno, 200 young enterprising school girls working towards a bright future, are being detained somewhere by our fellow men who claim to be devoted Muslims, whereas Allah who created all of us, has mandated us to protect women, to support them, to serve them with special attention and to even spare them during Islamic holy wars that the Boko Haram claim to be fighting.

School Girls Abductions: Military Lied About Their Rescue Operation Say Principal, Borno Government Officials - PREMIUM TIMES

There is controversy over the rescue of abducted school girls in Borno with the state government and the school principal faulting the military’s claim that most of the pupils have been freed

The claim by military officials in Abuja on Wednesday that 107 abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Chibok were freed is a huge lie, Borno  government officials, the management of the school and residents have said. 

The Principal of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Asabe Kwambura, told PREMIUM TIMES Thursday morning that the military’s claim was false. 

“There is nothing in the military statement that is true about our abducted girls,”  Mrs. Kwambura said. “Up till now we are still waiting and praying for the safe return of the students; all I know is that we have only 14 of them, and the security people especially the Vigilante and the well meaning volunteers of Gwoza are still out searching for them.”

ISLAMIST BOKO HARAM SECTS OVERPOWER SOLDIERS, KIDNAP Over 100 SECONDRY SCHOOL GIRLS IN BORNO STATE

The  Boko Haram Islamist Insurgent, today kidnapped over 100 students of Government Girls secondary school in Chibok in Borno state abducted, a day after a deadly Nyanya bombing in Abuja.

The heavily armed Insurgents kidnapped more than 100 girls from the Government Girls secondary school in Borno state and torched the surrounding town,

Many girls were reportedly abducted by the rampaging Islamist gunmen who stormed the school in a convoy of vehicles," Emmanuel Sam, an education official in the town of Chibok, where the attack took place, told AFP. According to him, the attackers came "in trucks and on motorcycles and headed to the school", where they overpowered soldiers deployed to guard it, a witness who requested anonymity said.