Nigeria abductions: Military admits girls still missing
Nigeria's military has admitted that most of the teenage girls abducted by suspected Islamist militants have not been freed as it earlier stated.
There has been confusion about the number of girls missing after they were kidnapped from a boarding school in the north-east on Monday night.
According to education authorities in Borno state, 85 girls are still missing and 44 in total have managed to escape.
Intensive efforts to find them are continuing, an army spokesman said.
It certainly feels as if insecurity in the country is spiralling out of control.
Nigerians reel from multiplying attacks
The security forces were working with vigilante groups and local hunters to track the schoolgirls, Chris Olukolade said in a statement.
It is thought Islamist militant group Boko Haram took the girls to forested areas near the Cameroonian border.
Correspondents say the raid on the boarding school is a great source of embarrassment for the Nigerian authorities, who have been saying that their military campaign against the militants is succeeding.
No intention to deceive
The attack on the school in Chibok, a remote part of Borno state, happened late on Monday with gunmen reportedly storming the school, stealing food supplies and ordering the students onto lorries.
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There has been confusion about the number of girls missing after they were kidnapped from a boarding school in the north-east on Monday night.
According to education authorities in Borno state, 85 girls are still missing and 44 in total have managed to escape.
Intensive efforts to find them are continuing, an army spokesman said.
It certainly feels as if insecurity in the country is spiralling out of control.
Nigerians reel from multiplying attacks
The security forces were working with vigilante groups and local hunters to track the schoolgirls, Chris Olukolade said in a statement.
It is thought Islamist militant group Boko Haram took the girls to forested areas near the Cameroonian border.
Correspondents say the raid on the boarding school is a great source of embarrassment for the Nigerian authorities, who have been saying that their military campaign against the militants is succeeding.
No intention to deceive
The attack on the school in Chibok, a remote part of Borno state, happened late on Monday with gunmen reportedly storming the school, stealing food supplies and ordering the students onto lorries.
Follow @LaNUBlog & @Hon_KingSIMEO on Twitter for Updates
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