10 years after the kidnap of 276 female(mostly Christians) students of The Government Secondary School located in Chibok, Borno state, on 14th April 2014 by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has in a bid to publicize the significance of the date, implored the federal government of Nigeria to once again intensify efforts to rescue the still missing girls. In a statement signed by CAN’s National Director for Education, Youth and Women Development, Rev Ozumba Nicodemus, the Association highlighted the pain and anguish experienced by the parents of the abducted girls.
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Of the 276 girls who were abducted from the school, 57 managed to escape the clutches of their abductors immediately after the kidnap by jumping from the trucks on which they were being transported, and others have reportedly been rescued by the Nigerian Armed Forces on various occasions. Hopes have been raised that the 219 remaining girls might be released, however some girls are believed to be dead. Amina Ali, one of the missing girls, was found in May 2016. She claimed that the remaining girls were still there, but that six had died. As of 14 April 2024, ten years after the initial kidnapping, an estimated total of 89 abducted Chibok schoolgirls remain missing.
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