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Two Chibok girls who had been held captive by Boko Haram for nine years have managed to escape from the Sambisa forest on Sunday, April 25, 2023.<\/p>\n
The escapees have been identified as Hauwa Mutah and Esther Markus, from Chibok and Dzilang village, respectively.<\/p>\n
The number of Chibok schoolgirls still in captivity has been reduced from 98 to 96.<\/p>\n
On 14 April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from Chibok Girls Government Secondary School.<\/p>\n
As of Colonel Obinna Ezuipke\u2019s recent report, there are still 98 Chibok girls in Boko Haram captivity, as 178 have been rescued or released.<\/p>\n
One is from Chibok and the other one from Dzilang village. Out of the 276 abducted Chibok girls, 57 girls escaped in 2014 while 107 girls were released in 2018.<\/p>\n
Three girls were recovered in 2019, two in 2021 and 9 were rescued in 2022, bringing the total of 178 girls out of captivity and 98 remaining in Boko Haram captivity.<\/p>\n
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