Nigeria Police Offer $300K Reward After Boko Haram Kidnaps Girls

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
7 May 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Conflict, Peace and Security

A 50 million naira ($300,000) reward was offered by Nigerian police on Wednesday to anyone who can give credible information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels . Last month's mass kidnapping by militant group Boko Haram in the remote northeastern village of Chibok triggered an international outcry and protests in Nigeria, piling pressure on the government to get the girls back.

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