The success of the Chibok abduction emboldened other terror groups to target schools and kidnap students.
In the wee hours of 14 April 2014, Boko Haram seized 276 girls from their dormitories in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. While 128 regained freedom in batches over nine years, the whereabouts of 91 others remain unknown.
Some of the girls were forced to marry insurgents and those who refused to comply were subjected to excruciating hardship. While the students were being transported into Sambisa forest in a truck, 57 of them jumped off the truck, leaving 219 onboard.alongside her six-month-old baby and a Boko Haram member to whom she was forcefully married were rescued by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force.
There was no further successful release for three years until 2021 when another four Chibok girls regained freedom .There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.A total of 91 Chibok girls are still missing. Some of them may have died as according to some of the rescued girls, some victims died in captivity.
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