17/04/2014
Nigerian state says most abducted schoolgirls still missing
By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria#39;s northeast Borno state said on Thursday only 20 of up to 129 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels were back with their parents, casting doubt on a military claim to have freed most of them. The armed forces said in a statement on Wednesday that most of the schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels from the Boko Haram group had been freed in a military rescue operation. Monday#39;s mass abduction of the schoolgirls aged between 15 and 18 shocked Nigeria,...
