A Nigerian school principal on Thursday denied military reports that most of the girls kidnapped from her school by Islamist gunmen were now safe, as the parents of those taken voiced anger over the conflicting claims.
The Defence Ministry and the Government in Borno State, where the attack took place, have said that 129 girls were abducted by Boko Haram militants from a secondary school in the Chibok area late Monday.
Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said on Wednesday that all but eight of the girls were safe, citing the principal of the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok.
“The report from the military is not true,” principal Asabe Kwambura told AFP in lagos. She said the information provided by Borno’s governor Kashim Shettima that only 14 girls had escaped their captors was “correct”.