According to reports this evening, Boko Haram
has seized the town of Chibok in Borno state,
northeast Nigeria, from where 276 school girls
were kidnapped more than six months ago, a local
pastor and a senator told AFP today.
“Chibok was taken by Boko Haram. They are in
control,” said Enoch Mark, a Christian pastor
whose daughter and niece are among the 219
teenagers still being held.
Mark and the senator for southern Borno, Ali
Ndume, said the militants attacked at about 4:00
pm (1500 GMT) on Thursday, destroying
communications masts and forcing residents to
flee.
Ndume said that he had received calls from
fleeing residents saying the town “was now under
their Boko Haram) control”.
“There is no telephone service now in Chibok, which
is why it took time before the reports reached
me,” he added
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