(ANSA) – KANO, June 15 – The Nigerian army yesterday found one of the over 200 students kidnapped eight years ago in the city of Chibok by the jihadist group Boko Haram. The 2014 mass kidnapping caused a stir internationally and kicked off the campaign from the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
The military wrote on Twitter that soldiers on patrol found young Mary Ngosche with her son near the village of Ngoshe, in the state of Borno. Of the 276 girls aged 12 to 17 kidnapped from their school on April 14, 2014, 57 managed to escape, another 80 were released in exchange for some captive Boko Haram commanders and over a hundred are missing.
Some are thought to have been given in marriage to jihadists, according to a propaganda video by Abubakar Shekau, the last leader of Boko Haram. Many others followed the kidnapping of Chibok, in addition to deadly attacks on schools in northern Nigeria. The phenomenon has led to early school leaving, which according to UN estimates affects over 18.5 million Nigerians. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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