It was exactly 500 days last Thursday since the 276 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, were abducted from their hostels.
Boko Haram fighters stormed the Government Secondary School in the remote town of Chibok in Borno state on the evening of April 14 last year, seizing 276 girls who were preparing for end-of-year exams.
Fifty-seven escaped but nothing has been heard of the 219 others since May last year, when about 100 of them appeared in a Boko Haram video.
On Thursday, August 27, 2015, BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, campaign group, at the 500th day commemoration of the abduction, made it clear that bringing back the girls and reuniting them with their parents is a must.
In an interview with Sunday Vanguard, Rev. Enoch Mark, whose two daughters were among the abducted girls, said the girls that were able to escape told him that one of his daughters was killed because she refused to talk and the other one is still missing.
He blamed the former administration led by Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for not doing enough to rescue the remaining girls.
He said his wife had developed high blood pressure, while parents of 17 of the missing girls had died over the issue.
Shehu Garba, presidential spokesperson, said there has been “intensified intelligence gathering and reconnaissance in a given location in the Northeast in search of the girls”.
Garba added: “In the past, government had contended with intelligence that was very peripheral. I think we’re getting something deeper and clearer and more specific.”
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