Many Chibok girls 'unwilling to leave Boko Haram'

The Nigerian government is negotiating the release of another 83 of the Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction in 2014 but more than 100 others appear unwilling to return home, a community leader said.

Many Chibok girls 'unwilling to leave Boko Haram'

The Nigerian government is negotiating the release of another 83 of the Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction in 2014 but more than 100 others appear unwilling to return home, a community leader said.

The unwilling girls may have been radicalised by Boko Haram or are ashamed to return home because they have married extremists and have babies, said Pogu Bitrus, chairman of the Chibok Development Association.

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