Chibok leader claims 4 more girls escaped from Boko Haram camp

According to a report by Punch, 4 more Chibok girls have escaped from
Boko Haram. The Chairman of Chibok Local Government, Mr Bana Lawan
made this claim yesterday May 28th at a stakeholders meeting initiated
by the National Emergency Manangement Authority, NEMA, for the
validation of draft humanitarian response plan for the abducted girls
in Abuja. Mr Lawan who was represented by the Director of Personnel
and Management, Musa Elijah said the number of girls that have escaped
have risen to 57

"The people of Chibok are anxiously waiting for the safe return of
their children. Except for the unfortunate situation where two of the
parents have passed on. They were known to have BP (blood pressure)
issues, although I am not a medical expert, but they will not be
opportuned to welcome back their daughters. Latest report reaching us
is that instead of 53, those that have escaped are now 57 and those
remaining are 164 and not 168 as before. This is out of the 221 girls
that were abducted."

The Chibok Chairman also said that the abducted students who stayed
back in the school during the WAEC exams period did that at their own
risk

"Those that registered for the SSCE are not all that sat for the exam.
Over 500 registered and those who had relatives around decided to move
to various places like Kaduna and Maiduguri to write the exams. Those
that were left with no relations decided to stay back to take the risk
and among them 221 were abducted." Lawan said
He appealed to the Federal Government and National Emergency
Management Authority, NEMA, to help rebuild the school. He said with
the attack on the Chibok Girls Secondary School, girls in the area are
no longer eager to go to school.