•Says 8yrs after Chibok, thousands of children subjected to abduction by armed groups
Notes more than 1,500 school children abducted by armed groups since chibok incident
Adds Nigerian authorities increasingly failing to protect children
By Innocent Anaba
Eight years after the abduction of 276 Chibok school girls by Boko Haram, and with more than 1,500 school children abducted by armed groups since the Chibok incident, affected regions have seen a decline in school enrollment and attendance, as well as a rise in child marriage and pregnancies of school-age girls, Amnesty International, has said.
It also said that the increasingly brazen manner of recent abductions show that the Nigerian authorities are failing to prevent these crimes from taking place and have not learned any lessons from the abduction of the Chibok school girls eight years ago, as families of abducted children are left without any hope of reuniting with their loved ones.
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Source: Vanguard Newspaper
