Chibok kidnappings: Nigeria marks one year since abduction of school girls by Boko Haram - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Chibok kidnappings: Nigeria marks one year since abduction of school girls by Boko Haram - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Special church services and vigils are being held across Nigeria to commemorate the anniversary of the abduction of almost 300 school girls by Boko Haram militants.

Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school in the remote town of Chibok, in Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria, on the evening of April 14 last year.

Fifty-seven managed to escape soon afterwards but the remainder have not been seen since an appearance in a Boko Haram video last May.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed they had all converted to Islam and been "married off".

Despite appeals by relatives and the global 'Bring Back our Girls' campaign, the government of outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan failed to rescue them.

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari vowed to rescue the girls after winning the presidential election earlier this month.

Mr Buhari criticised his rival for not doing enough to find the missing girls and combat the Boko Haram threat."



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