Nigeria had ‘advance warning of kidnapping’

Nigeria’s military had four hours’ advanced warning of the April 14 attack by Boko Haram that led to the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls but failed to take immediate action, Amnesty International said.

“Damning testimonies gathered by Amnesty International reveal that Nigerian security forces failed to act on advance warnings about Boko Haram’s armed raid on the state-run boarding school in Chibok which led to the abduction,” the rights group said.

Amnesty said it had verified the information about the abduction with “credible sources”.