Barely 48 hours after civilian fighters and soldiers chased out the sect from Mubi in Adamawa State, Boko Haram on Friday seized the town of Chibok in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, from where 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped more than six months ago.
A local pastor and a senator, Enoch Mark, whose daughter and niece are among the 219 teenagers still being held lamented to AFP that “Chibok was taken by Boko Haram. They are in control.”
Mark and the senator for southern Borno, Ali Ndume, said the militants attacked at about 4:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Thursday, destroying communications masts and forcing residents to flee.
