Four Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Harum militants last month have escaped. That’s according to a Reuters telephone interview with the education commissioner of Borno state, Musa Inuwa.
He said the four girls had been reunited with their parents. But he declined to give further details on how they escaped.
On Monday, Nigeria’s Defence Chief, Air Marshal Alex Badeh announced that the military had located the abducted schoolgirls. However, he said that using force to free them could get them killed.
Two hundreds and seventy-six girls were abducted from a secondary School in Chibok, Borno State by Islamic extremists on April 14. Local authorities said 53 of the girls had escaped, 219 are still missing.