Four of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram have escaped, raising hopes for the young ones still held captive, according to a report on
Dailypost. The report
could not independently confirm from the military last night. The Chibok community also said it was not aware of the escape by the girls. The free girls, all between ages 16 and 18, escaped with the help of a teenage boy prisoner, who managed to get them out of the camp, according to
Stephen Davis, a British-Australian negotiator who had tried to bargain with the extremist Islamic group for the schoolgirls’ freedom.
The girls, guided by the setting sun, walked west for three weeks, finally arriving in a Nigerian village, starving and traumatised.
“They were amazing — to first escape and then walk for weeks,” Davis told
The Times of London.
“They are the only ones that have escaped from a Boko Haram camp.” Davis said the girls had been told that if they fled Boko Haram, their families would be killed.
Director of Publicity Kibaku Area Development Association,
Dr. Manasseh Allen, of the Chibok Community in Abuja, said last night, after making calls, that he could not confirm the escape of the girls.
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