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    Boko Haram: Number Of Abducted School Girls Rises

    Nigeria News By Wale AdebayoMay 3, 2014No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The number of Nigerian schoolgirls still missing from recent kidnappings at a secondary school in Chibok has risen to 276 – 30 more than the previous estimate, police say.

    Police Commissioner Tanko Lawan also said the number of girls who escaped from their captors had increased to 53.

    Lawan said confusion over numbers occurred because students from other areas were brought into the Chibok Government Girls’ Secondary School for final exams last month after other schools in the Borno state were shut because of attacks.

    The schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen from the school in Nigeria’s Borno state last Tuesday.

    “The students were drawn from schools in Izge, Lassa, Ashigashiya and Warabe A. and that is why, after the unfortunate incident, there were various numbers flying around as to the actual number of girls that were taken away,” Lawan said.

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    The army had estimated the number of missing girls at 129 but school officials said more than 200 students were taken during the attack.

    Reports this week also indicated some had been forced into “marriage” with their abductors, who paid a nominal bride price equivalent to $12. Other reports that could not be verified said some had been taken across borders, to Chad, Cameroon and to an island in Lake Chad.

    Girls who escaped say their captors identified themselves as fighters in the Boko Haram network, though the group has not claimed responsibility for the abductions.

    Boko Haram, an armed group whose name means “Western education is sinful”, is fighting what it calls Western influence and wants to form an Islamic state in Africa’s largest oil producer country.

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    The kidnappings have fuelled protests in Nigeria’s capital Abuja among parents and activists angry at government and security officials’ failure to rescue the girls.

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