What happened to the Chibok girls? BBC Africa

Ten years ago 276 Nigerian school girls were abducted by Islamist group by Boko Haram from their school in Chibok, a town in the north-east of Nigeria. The kidnap caused international uproar and sparked a nation-wide campaign. But it would be two years before the first girl managed to escape. She and the others who followed were promised support to re-build their lives. A decade later, with kidnappings once again on the rise in Nigeria, Yemisi Adegoke discovers what happened to the Chibok girls.
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Filmed by Simpa Samson
Edited by Wael El-Saadi
Researcher: Oyinye Chime
Production support: Bara'atu Ibrahim, Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar
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[@Naija_mimo]

How is he a kidnapper but now a military man without any punishment??? Nigeria is a joke

[@user-ir5xc8je2e]

Who do you suggest has the power to stop him? Both Nigeria and you are a joke.

[@CardRizz]

@@user-ir5xc8je2elol, nigeria IS a joke, along with 99% of Africa. Most all of it is stricken with Corruption, poverty, and it will probably remain that way forever. Oh, and when you add Islam, “the religion of peace” into the mix, you’re just ASKING to be poverty ridden and oppressed forever. That religion is an absolute joke and a scourge on the earth.

[@frankkyfrankky8502]

Nigeria as a country is a joke and horror story. Repentant Boko Haram members have been rewarded with integration into the society, govt jobs and taxpayer allowance, while their victims have been held in captivity in deplorable conditions & not allowed to reintegrate. How can this make sense???

[@user-ir5xc8je2e]

Not according to Disney. Theyre making a film set in Nigeria, and will look like wakanda.

[@Jademoonx]

Poor girls! Stuck in the middle of these horrible so-called "grown-ups"!!😔

[@esthertombo]

Y

[@ImCloudschild]

They probably will never tell what really happened to them or they will be ostracized. I pray the rest of their lives are blessed.

[@SKEPSEA]

Nigeria is something else. Our government knows what they are doing, and they know about all this.

[@Flower-ck2bs]

What is the goverment doing? They can not protect children from Boko haram but They can put in prison a woman who complained about a Canned tomatoepaste! She has 3 children, what about them? What about all These kidnapped girls? Who can protect them if not the goverment! In Nigeria is a hell on the earth! What about the rich people of Nigeria? Where is the money from?

[@mosimosi630]

Nigeria is definitely a hell hole

[@amehka5416]

Or some crossdresser for spraying naira. They were quick to lock him up.😂

[@funandentertainment5280]

It's unfortunate how some radicals ride on the back of religion to commit heinous crimes . This is heartbreaking

[@nicks0alive]

Its got nothing to do with radicalism, just Islam

[@just_juice]

This is exactly how Muhammad lived

[@nicks0alive]

@@just_juice exactly!! Thank you for helping spread the truth of that P3do-file

[@kiggerst]

but, islam itself is radical tho

[@lukmanyusuf3822]

Imagine preferring to be with bokoharam than Nigerian government. That’s how much rot we have in our system.

[@victorolatope5148]

Thank you. One thing I know is if those children were children of one of the leaders... they would have been back.

[@Angela-hm3xt]

Amina is a beautiful person. I pray she gets the help she needs. She is a survivor. I'm proud of her. She has to put her own recovery aside to take of the child that was forced on her. Only God knows what she has gone through. There should be a go fund me to help. I will personally donate to this course. I'm so tired of watching my people in misery.

[@FaisaBeauty]

I would like to help and donate aswell

[@kamuconkamucon8543]

The exboko now in government employment should be made to show where missing school girls are.

[@AbdulNajeed-ex5oc]

Book Haram moves around and also they government don’t care until people start pressuring them.

[@Goldniz]

Nigerian govt is disgusting for the way they handled the whole situation. Shame on them !

[@Angela-hm3xt]

The Nigerian government is disgusting in every way. We narcissists ruling the country . What do we expect?

[@darkrieshunter6670]

Wait I thought they were rescue? How the hell can the government not be able to track them down or are they that incompetent?

[@AbdulNajeed-ex5oc]

Nigeria is the most corrupt country in Africa maybe the world. Nothing makes sense🤷🏾‍♂️.

[@emenikesamson7708]

That terrorist supposed be in jail like this but the case is different... Bokoharam is a Nigerian politician oil well and they can't stop funding it.

[@subzero3056]

Explain

[@vecta001]

And amina is such a pure soul, i wish her all the best with her daughter. we are schoolset mates(2014) because his happened during the time we where to take our WEAC(2014) examinations. This really made me feel sad

[@eiramacir]

Lord have mercy on us and on the whole world 🙏

[@jahmehkanhorn1063]

Meanwhile black peoples marching in UK free Palestine.

[@currenttrendtv8920]

Many Nigerians should be among😅😅

[@sylvanusjajuamoore6980]

Fact😢

[@sunnykennedy9640]

Not only in uk even in Nigerian ,during the beginning of isreal and Palestine war second country to protest in the world is northern Nigeria, with flag even tell government to close down the embassy of lsreal ,not known that there own problem is bigger then Palestine,

[@jacstvofficial4490]

@@currenttrendtv8920Nigerians from the north! No sane person is joining them.

[@vawor4471]

Yeah. Because Palestinians are both Christians and Muslims. Palestine is not equal to Islam. Don't conflate the two.

[@aliabdi7542]

Do we have full episode

[@user-sd4zs5yo5u]

Darkside of the 'religion of peace'

[@user-rs1rz7hh7w]

No.they are using religion as excuse

[@user-rs1rz7hh7w]

No they are using religion as excuse

[@Naija_mimo]

Dark side of extremism

[@user-sd4zs5yo5u]

@@Naija_mimo extremism is in itself dark.

[@Naija_mimo]

@@user-sd4zs5yo5u honestly yes.....extremism is the dark side of ideology

[@tboykelechi8030]

This is one important things Nigeria social media platforms should be talking about at all platforms so if other countries or persons can help this girls

[@ibnmohammedali2416]

😮😮😮😮😮 so sad 😢😢😢😢

[@brianmars5281]

So unfortunate

[@elaenamusitano]

Thank you Yemisi Adegoke for being the voice of these Brave Chibok Girls and for keeping this story alive with such compassion and integrity, and for asking the dificult and important questions that need to be addressed. It was so inspirational to hear Amina, a beautiful young woman, who nobaly has been able to not dwell on the anger she understandably feels when thinking of the injustices she suffered from all parties, but to focus on her daughter and building a life where both can thrive. xXx

[@olalekangbolagade5406]

Atiku Abubakr who's the owner of AUN should be questioned over the 450 million naira × 6 years = 2.7 billion naira chibok school girls paid for in his institution.

[@victorchigamane434]

Lord have mercy on your people

[@omowunmiolorunfemi7213]

May God bless and enable everyone who will make things right with these girls. Amen

[@HubasaFamily254]

How these events connect with Islam is always astonishing to me 🤷🏿🤷🏿🤷🏿

[@jacstvofficial4490]

Let’s act surprised 🌚

[@busingyeleah1955]

Because they are forced into islam

[@ad67804]

understand the root cause🙂

[@festyo3436]

▪︎What's the meaning of Boko Haram; Boko = Education, Haram = Useless? ▪︎The Christians among them were forcefully converted to Islam and if you refused, you're killed. Now are you still asking me what Islam got to do with it?

[@xlangdayodeji7945]

😢😢

[@SulaimanMustapha-kv5qr]

So Sad!😢

[@allenchilekw5698]

The Legacy of Islam in Africa

[@user-rs1rz7hh7w]

No

[@nomagcisacawe3297]

​@@user-rs1rz7hh7wyes!!

[@franklinokechukwu1073]

Fact

[@ephemeralsamsara]

Is the legacy of christianity in Nigeria so much better!

[@WARLORDDOM]

​@@ephemeralsamsarafactually a lot better

[@peterpantv8303]

The 200 million Mugus will fight BBC again for this master class journalism 😢

[@HaleyChain-vw8rr]

They went medieval islam on those girls..

[@mshlony]

This is heartbreaking 😢

[@nodatastored684]

🙏🏿

[@kadimosenye8830]

Nice one

[@blessingjegede1999]

Awwww, he helped them rescue 2 of the girls, such a kind generous man 🙄

[@KateDavidson-xz2wl]

HOW CAN WE CONTACT AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORT AMINA AND HER CHILD

[@mosesobakpolor2470]

You can't don't let Anyone lie to you

[@KateDavidson-xz2wl]

@@mosesobakpolor2470 such a shame

[@mosesobakpolor2470]

@@KateDavidson-xz2wl it a warzone not much is expected

[@rejoiceemmanuel2903]

Hmmm. And I heard Atiku is the owner of the American university. All ways to siphon money. Wicked people.

[@caramel4516]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@siciidcawil710]

❤

[@hotpepe9485]

A terrorist in military???😮😮😮 And u want southerners to believe those northern military officers... U must love jokes

[@queenemma4250]

I thought the girls were freed already😢

[@sylvanusjajuamoore6980]

Same here 😢

[@aoc092]

No, most of the girls are still missing.

[@mett978]

Me too 🙁

[@myeed-mysurroundings2581]

Why are they keeping them not let them go out their and chase their dream??? What kind of future do they hold in there?

[@lacertabilineata9337]

They have children from forced marriages. It´s difficult to survive as a lonely mother in Nigeria. Maybe they think, if they let the girls roam free, they will get pregnant again?

[@medaraudoekong7586]

That is no reason to keep them locked up

[@frankkyfrankky8502]

@@lacertabilineata9337 What sort of explanation is this?

[@lacertabilineata9337]

@@medaraudoekong7586 Of course not!

[@lacertabilineata9337]

@@frankkyfrankky8502 So please tell me any other explanation, why they restrict and mistreat the girls in that way. Of course this is not excusable, but tell me the true reason!

[@Plug042]

Wow Nigeria is still backwards nawa oo

[@amehka5416]

Sadly, Nigerians brag and boast about the wrong things.

[@natalieeleme9151]

2024?? This is soo heartbreaking to see …lord have mercy 🥹🙏🏽

[@paulnyakxx]

so much peace from the "religion of peace"... I thank God we're allowed to propagate alternatives outside the scope of the "peaceful religion"

[@sarahsarita4852]

One Northern Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony (xtian obviously) with his group did this to a Catholic Girls school. They do it to get women for wife duties.

[@jmar692003]

Wow! That reporter and her team are so brave

[@user-ir5xc8je2e]

awwww and youre so gullible.

[@susanakande1464]

When we were campaigning for the #Bringbackourgirls, we didn't know it would last this long, and nobody anticipated the psychosocial dimension it was going to take😢

[@HaleyChain-vw8rr]

A template of how islam was spread and ethos

[@franklinokechukwu1073]

Fact

[@halfkobo]

This are the sad reality of Africa

[@Sophie-cw7bf]

That poor young girl looks distraught 😭

[@chapter9363]

I hope you are paying good money to these girls as you are making money with these interviews

[@Magumbo58]

Sometimes all people need is someone who will share their story with million others who can possibly help the girls

[@veronmae7990]

It's a sickening shame on the Nigerian Government for the mal treatment to their citizens 😮 when will honest and Decent leaders arise...

[@marga7028]

The religion of peace at work; so friendly and filled with morals towards women.😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷

[@trendingviews4086]

Their brother kidnapped them and they know where they are. If BBC is bothered, they can go and ask them why they continue to kidnap their children and sisters till date.They are not the only people in Nigeria, we all have problem in the region. We are not kidnapping our own children.

[@walkingtalking7133]

One of the bokoharam members now working with the military, Nigeria is a horrible country!

[@musamty5386]

So sad for country like ours, where corruption have eaten all nooks and crannies of governance. There is no piety, empathy and care for the less privileged. May we one day witness good leadership in Nigeria that will turn around this bad reputations.

[@akpewebiakolo7517]

Islamist used chibok to get political power for their sponsors.....The same thing is about to happen to Israel but i like how Isreal is dealing with them😂

[@lacertabilineata9337]

Illegal occupation for 75 years, racist apartheit and genocide ? And a laughing face for that? Shame on you!

[@Naija_mimo]

Who r the sponsors?

[@tartvtheafricanrepublic7825]

Disheartening.

[@tayosunmola1991]

Is AUN not atiku abubakar’s private university.

[@bonfacewachira3297]

Nigeria a Jaga Jaga kaaaantry 😂

[@AlaskaSL202]

Religion of Peace

[@JoyzMichelles-eh8vs]

Those who was supposed to protect them turned to strangers and enemy i can ever ever visit Nigeria just a terrible country

[@BlackPantherrStudios]

Kidnapping in Nigeria must end

[@ayadali9112]

I’m founding out Boko Haram now coincidentally just weeks after this was uploaded.

[@nikaward6048]

something is off and the money is mmmmmmm

[@tesskiku7695]

These questions are so leading and annoying...let her tell her story

[@richardskygrade3628]

It's only demon possessed person who refers to him/herself as they.

[@franklinokechukwu1073]

Atiku the owner of AUN, might have been using this money to sponsor his political ambition

[@BoldReflections]

Please Send This Video To Michelle O .... Let Her Explain What She Did Not Do And Now This Is The Result Of What She Did! She Shares Blame In The Suffering Of Those Who Escaped And Those Who Will Never Likely Be Free!

[@amehka5416]

Nonsense....how is it Michelle's fault, you need to look at your government, funny how y'all never want to call out the wickedness in African countries but are quick to blame the West.

[@dizdimples]

And you actually think she cares. Please, not her or her husband care it's all just a facade they put on just like their pal Oprah and the rest.

[@emmanuelekoja4204]

Unfortunately....

[@aminaabubakar5910]

What is the use of nia, ss etc for goodness sake

[@user-ir5xc8je2e]

That sign is funny. :28. Buddy, your daughters in comparison to the rest of the world are NOTHING.

[@Sophie-cw7bf]

Stealing

[@laurelmark]

First to watch

[@brianmars5281]

Nah lie...😅😅😅😅

[@matubemohanoe8874]

GoodLuck Jonathan is the one who started all this nonsense that led to the birth of Boko Haram. He should also be arrested for what happened prior to the birth of Boko Haram and things that happened after the birth of Boko Haram.

[@charlesubochi2603]

Turns out that you're great at telling jokes. Boko Haram has nothing to do with Jonathan who is a southern Christian. I'm pretty sure you know that the initial terrorists were hired Islamists hired by Ghadaffi to fight in Libya. They were hired to fight against the 'infidel' government of Jonathan and install a brain-dead Muslim called Buhari.

[@sendi-thereislife]

So is the minister implying that the money should have been given to the girls and their parents instead of them going the school? I don't understand. But remember, not every victim is a victim regardless of their story

[@olusegunjuba5142]

Is Islam a not a plague, really?

[@KadduCheikhAnta]

Mashallah

[@bonfacewachira3297]

A Ten year duration a bond might have developed between those girls n the militia,so let life b

[@starj5114]

you are very stupid. she said after 10 years she still wanted to leave, I would’ve left even after 30 F that fake “bond”!!!

[@Sageandloving]

Please be sensitive. Let life be? Please gain some emotional intelligence.

[@junglesuperstar9270]

Bond? Seriously ?

[@vawor4471]

​@@junglesuperstar9270Stockholm syndrome

[@nomagcisacawe3297]

Because YOUR daughter is not one of them?

[@ummzahra9196]

This is not Islam by the way

[@HaleyChain-vw8rr]

But a close approximation

[@s1rm0rr1lswdsx3]

This is how islam spread throughout history

[@aaronadeniran6025]

They can go back to sambisa

[@hauwantakai9425]

😢😢😢😢

[@abdulali8738]

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[@Jademoonx]

🤢 You can't stop yourself from even posting this nonsense under a video about kidnapped girls. How horrible are you!? 😤

[@jacstvofficial4490]

And this is all you can comment? Haven’t we suffered enough from Islam?

[@busingyeleah1955]

Your religion is scam

[@user-rs1rz7hh7w]

​@@jacstvofficial4490no my brother you misunderstood. I swear those boko haram are not part of Islam. They just claim know to be Muslims. What they are doing is not the teaching of Islam.

[@jacstvofficial4490]

@@user-rs1rz7hh7w I would disagree! They are following the exact example of Islam! 🤷🏻‍♀️ Many peaceful Muslims today don’t practice the real Islam from the Quran! If you did, you’d be exactly like bokoharam and other terror organizations! Many are peaceful cause it’s not realistic to fight everyone and live with so much hate towards people who don’t hate you! They are just being humans…