Maiduguri — Unlike in some communities across Nigeria where last minute preparations are being made for Christmas and New Year celebrations, the countenance of parents in Chibok, the famous town in southern Borno State where 276 were abducted by the Boko Haram on April 14 is that of dejection.
Painfully but steady, both parents and children in Chibok are only counting the days they have been without their daughters and sisters. Saturday is precisely 249 days since the girls were taken, and their parents have not given up hope of seeing them again.
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