KANO;NIGERIA;
Boko Haram has seized the northeastern Nigerian
town of Chibok ,from where 276 girls were kinapped
more than six month ago and which the government
vowed to secure after the mass abduction.
The April the 14 kidnapping in the impoverished
town in southern Brono state brought unprecedented
global attention to the armed Islamic group's brutal
five year old uprising.
Heads of state and top celebrities joined a viral social
media campaign calling for the rescue of the seized
mostly Christian school girls,219 of them of whom
are still being held.
In July meeting in the capital Abuja with those affected
by the kidnapping ,Jonathan and top military brass also
pledged to provide better security for the town.
On Friday night ,Boko Haram was suspected of killing
six people ,including three police officers in a suicide
car bomb attack at a filling station in north Nigeria's
biggest city Kano
The attack and the fall of Chibok which has symbolic
significance will raise fresh doubts about the Nigerian
government's ability to end the violence abduction
and the whole approach to the abduction.
Mark and the senator for southern Brono Ali Nadume
said the militants attacked at about 4.00 pm (1500)GMT
on Thursday destroying communication mast and forcing
residents to flee.
There is no telephone service now in Chibok which
is why it took time before the report reached me ,he added.
Ayuba Chibok whose niece is among the hostage
said at the time that people told the head of the state
that they were tired of sleeping in the bushes".
Chibok elders told AFP in a series of phone call
in recent months that security had deteriorated,
despite the promises made at the meeting.
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