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Dapchi lies approximately 275 km (170 miles) northwest of Chibok, where over 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. [5] Five schoolgirls died on the same day of their kidnapping; Boko Haram released everyone else in March 2018, save the lone Christian girl, Leah Sharibu, who refused to convert to Islam. [6]
Boko Haram rose to prominence in northwestern Nigeria in the early 2010's, growing to control territory in Borno State, southern Niger, and northern Cameroon.In 2021, the Islamic State - West Africa Province, which formed from ex-Boko Haram groups, launched an offensive that saw the death of Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau and ISWAP dominating former Boko Haram strongholds. [2]
Map showing the events of the raid, produced by the United States Armed Forces Damage to the school seen in the aftermath of the attack. On the night of 14 April 2014, members of the Islamic jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram [26] [27] attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, a majority Christian village.
Geidam is a local government area in northeastern Nigeria, with the village of Jilli in the LGA notably being the site of a Nigerian military base that has defended the town and surrounding areas from Boko Haram. During the Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping in 2014, locals called the military base in Geidam for help rescuing schoolgirls kidnapped ...
Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general's office said.
Boko Haram kidnapping may refer to: 2014 Gumsuri kidnappings, the kidnapping of 172–185 villagers; Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, the 2014 kidnapping of 276 female students; Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping, the 2018 kidnapping of 110 female students; Malari kidnapping, the 2015 kidnapping of 40 boys and young men
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [23] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [24] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [12]
Dapchi is a town in Yobe State, northeast Nigeria. It is 75 kilometres south of the border with Niger . 12°30′N 11°30′E / 12.500°N 11.500°E / 12.500;