New Report: Four Chibok Girls have Escaped Boko Haram

Four kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have allegedly escaped a camp run by the militant islamist sect Boko Haram in Cameroon, raising hopes for the more than 200 still missing.

According to TheTimesUK, the four, all aged between 16 and 18, had been told that if they criticised Boko Haram, their families would be killed. They were helped to escape by a teenage boy, also a
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.

However, TheNation reports that 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.