Nigeria: More Than 1,000 Children in Northeastern Nigeria Abducted By Boko Haram Since 2013

Abuja/Dakar/New York — Since 2013, more than 1,000 children have been abducted by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, including 276 girls taken from their secondary school in the town of Chibok in 2014 - UNICEF said today. Four years on from that tragic incident, more than 100 of the 'Chibok girls' have yet to be returned to their families and the UN children's agency continues to call for their release.

"The four-year anniversary of the Chibok abduction reminds us that children in northeastern Nigeria continue to come under attack at a shocking scale," said UNICEF Representative in Nigeria Mohamed Malick Fall. "They are consistently targeted and exposed to brutal violence in their homes, schools and public places."

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