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Nigerian Activists Remember Abducted Chibok Girls on International Day of the
Girl

Timothy Obiezu

   ABUJA - As the world marks International Day of the Girl on Friday,
   advocacy group Bring Back Our Girls in Nigeria is remembering the
   students who were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents more than five
   years ago from the town of Chibok. The group is calling on authorities
   to fulfill promises made to secure the release of the girls who are
   still in captivity.

   Some of the 276 kidnapped girls escapedand others werereleased through
   negotiations, but 112 girls are yet to be freed.

   "We're in pains, frustration," said Gapani Yanga, whose niece is still
   being held by Boko Haram. "That is why many of the parents of Chibok
   girls are dying without any sickness, but because of frustration and
   trauma."

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