PRINCIPAL of Government Girls Secondary School, where schoolgirls were
kidnapped last week, Asabe Kwambura, has said 190 schoolgirls, and not 77,
remain missing.
The head teacher told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa
service that parents of 230 girls had reported them missing, but 40 had managed
to escape.
Earlier, the Borno State governor said about 77 of the teenagers had not
been accounted for.
According to the AP news agency, parents from the school in Chibok told
Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, when he visited on Monday, that 234
girls had been abducted.
When news first emerged of the kidnap, initial reports said more than
200 students had been seized, but state officials said the correct figure was
about 130.
Ms Kwambura told the BBC Hausa Service that about 43 had fled from their
captors.
“None of these girls was rescued by the military, they managed to escape
on their own from their abductors,” she said.
Asked about the conflicting reports on the number of students kidnapped,
she said “Report that comes from us is the truth and based on the register we
have.”
Before visiting Chibok on Monday, the Borno State governor had said
eight more girls had escaped at the weekend, meaning a total of 52 had escaped.
Shettima, however, did not give details of how the girls escaped, for
security reasons.