Nigeria: We Need Care Like Chibok Girls, Former Boko Haram Captives Say

14 October 2016

Yola — Following the release of 21 Chibok girls and the attention they are getting, female captives who escaped from Boko Haram camps in 2015 have cried out for government assistance.

An 18-year-old girl who was abducted from Madagali when she was 16 and became pregnant in captivity said she and the baby she eventually gave birth to after her dramatic escape live in abject poverty.

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