BOKO HARAM SEIZED CHIBOK TOWN

Seven months after over 200 school girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram members in Chibok town, they have decided to finally take over the town. Amidst all the promises by the Federal government to rescue the girls from the hands of the group, the violence in the North has not seize instead it has been intensified with Boko Haram reportedly seizing more than two dozen towns and Nigeria's security forces reportedly absent in many areas.

The military was not immediately available to comment on the developments in Chibok.
But given the town's symbolic significance, its fall will likely raise fresh doubt about Nigeria's ability to handle the Boko Haram threat.
"Chibok was taken by Boko Haram. They are in control," said Enoch Mark, a Christian pastor whose daughter and niece are among the hostages being held.
Mark and the senator for southern Borno, Ali Ndume, said the militants attacked on Thursday, destroying communications masts and forcing residents to flee.
Ndume said that he had received calls from fleeing residents about the attack that the town "was now under their [Boko Haram] control".
In a series of phone calls to AFP in recent months, Chibok elders stressed that security had continued to deteriorate, despite the promises made by the government.
Pogo Bitrus, chairman of the elders forum in Chibok, also confirmed the attack but said troops were being deployed and were going to retake Chibok.