The Nigerian Police has paraded eight persons suspected to have abducted 276 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, on the night of April 14, 2014. The suspects were paraded in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
ChannelsTV reports that the eight suspected Boko Haram terrorists were among 22 persons paraded by the police on Wednesday, July 18, 2018.
The suspected Boko Haram terrorists were reportedly arrested by operatives of the Inspector General’s Intelligence Response Team (IGP’s IRT) in Borno, Adamawa and other adjoining communities.
The suspects are alleged to have masterminded over 50 suicide bomb attacks within Maiduguri and Adamawa, reports say.
ChannelsTV reports that the suspects also launched several other attacks that lead to the death of thousands of Nigerians.
The abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls sparked international outrage and led to street protests asking the Nigerian government to rescue them.
The Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group has been on the streets since 2014, calling on the government to rescue all the Chibok schoolgirls and all other Boko Haram captives.
Over 164 Chibok girls have so far returned home following negotiations between the federal government and the terrorists; with 112 still in Boko Haram custody.
The President Buhari led federal government has been in intense negotiations with factions of the Boko Haram group to have the remaining girls freed.
On February 19, 2018, Boko Haram abducted 110 schoolgirls from the town of Dapchi in Yobe State.
On March 21, 2018, Boko Haram returned a chunk of the Dapchi schoolgirls with a handful dying in the forest.
A lone Christian Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, remains in the custody of the terrorists after she had refused to renounce her faith and convert to Islam.
Boko Haram commenced a war against the Nigerian State in 2009. The terrorist sect has killed over 30,000 persons and displaced millions more since its bloody campaign began.