The gunmen seized 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state. Mothers of the missing Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists gather to receive information from officials on May 5, 2014. A woman carries placard to press for the release of missing Chibok school girls during a rally by civil society in Lagos on May 5, 2014. Oludolapo Osinbajo (left), the wife of Nigeria vice-president Yemi Osinbajo, consoles one of the 21 released Chibok girls in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 13, 2016. A total of 21 of the 270 girls seized by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in 2014 were released Thursday.

Source: Daily Nation May 10, 2017 09:58 UTC