Army recaptures Chibok from Boko Haram

The 7th Division of Nigerian Army, yester­day in Abuja said it has captured Chibok town in Borno from the insurgents. This was contained in a statement issued by Col. Sani Usman, the Division’s Deputy Direc­tor of Army Public Relations.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the military was still carrying out mop­ping-up operation on the surrounding environment. The military assured that Chibok has been fully secured.
Recall that the insurgents had stormed the Gov­ernment Girls Secondary School in Chibok on the evening of April 14 and abducted about 276 female students. However, 57 of them have since escaped.
The insurrection by Boko Haram, which wants to create an Islamic state in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria, has claimed more than 10,000 lives in the past five years.
They have seized more than 20 towns and vil­lages in the northeast in recent months.