This Day Live says it has been informed by an intelligence source that some, but not all, of the girls are alive but held in various secret locations in the northeast region of Nigeria and neighbouring countries of the Lake Chad region.
On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. Responsibility for the kidnappings was claimed by Islamic Jihadist and terrorist organization Boko Haram, based in northeast Nigeria.
This Day Live says its source, a “top intelligence officer”, revealed that military intelligence was aware that some the girls were still with the terrorists in different locations, while some had been married off and may never be found again.
“We will never find all the girls again as intelligence findings revealed some have died, and some married away, while the rest are still divided among the terror groups in different locations both within the North-east and some neighbouring countries,” the officer is quoted as saying.
According to the report, the source also revealed that advanced military intelligence in the last couple of months has helped to track down, dislodge, downgrade and destroy terrorist cells or enclaves.
This Day Live says it’s information comes as the division between the Abubakar Shekau-led faction of the Boko Haram sect and a splinter group led by Mahamat Daoud, who recently claimed to be the new leader of the group, has weakened the resolve of the terrorists to carry on with their mission for an Islamic Caliphate, or global Islamic state.
Hopes were raised in October 2014 that the girls might soon be released after the Nigerian army announced a truce between Boko Haram and government forces.
The announcement was met with doubt because the Government had to backtrack on a previous announcement in September after saying the girls had been released and were being held in military barracks.
