Nigeria: Government still failing victims of Boko Haram four years on from Chibok
| Publisher | Amnesty International |
| Publication Date | 14 April 2018 |
| Cite as | Amnesty International, Nigeria: Government still failing victims of Boko Haram four years on from Chibok, 14 April 2018, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5b323271a.html [accessed 20 May 2023] |
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14 April 2018, 00:00 UTC
Responding to the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the abduction of 276 school girls in Chibok, Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said:
"What happened in Chibok should have served as a wake-up call to the Nigerian government. Yet four years on, thousands more women and girls have been taken from their homes and forced to live in captivity, in events largely unnoticed and unreported by media.
"The time is long overdue for the government to deliver meaningful action on behalf of all the victims of Boko Haram's crimes. This starts by doing more to secure the release of the hundreds still being held, including the remaining Chibok girls and Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi girl still in captivity.
"Far more support must also be provided for past victims. For the families of those still missing, the government should open a register for abducted people, ensuring that the tens of thousands of people living in displacement camps get the opportunity to register their loved ones."
