Since the mass abduction of the schoolgirls by Islamic extremists three months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok, is under siege from the militants, residents report.

Seven fathers of kidnapped girls were among 51 bodies brought to Chibok hospital after an attack on the nearby village of Kautakari this month, said a health worker who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisals by the extremists.

At least four more parents have died of heart failure, high blood pressure and other illnesses that the community blames on trauma due to the mass abduction 100 days ago, said community leader Pogu Bitrus, who provided their names.

"One father of two of the girls kidnapped just went into a kind of coma and kept repeating the names of his daughters, until life left him," said Bitrus.

Chibok is cut off because of frequent attacks on the roads that are studded with burned out vehicles. Commercial flights no longer go into the troubled area and the government has halted charter flights.

Through numerous phone calls to Chibok and the surrounding area, The Associated Press has gathered information about the situation in the town where the students were kidnapped from their school.

More danger is on the horizon.

Boko Haram is closing in on Chibok, attacking villages ever closer to the town. Villagers who survive the assaults are swarming into the town, swelling its population and straining resources. A food crisis looms, along with shortages of money and fuel, said community leader Bitrus.

On the bright side, some of the young women who escaped are recovering, said a health worker, who insisted on anonymity because he feared reprisals from Boko Haram. Girls who had first refused to discuss their experience, now are talking about it and taking part in therapeutic singing and drawing — a few drew homes, some painted flowers and one young woman drew a picture of a soldier with a gun last week.

Girls who said they would never go back to school now are thinking about how to continue their education, he said.

Counseling is being offered to families of those abducted and to some of the 57 students who managed to escape in the first few days, said the health worker. He is among 36 newly trained in grief and rape counseling, under a program funded by USAID.

All the escapees remain deeply concerned about their schoolmates who did not get away.

A presidential committee investigating the kidnappings said 219 girls still are missing. But the community says there are more because some parents refused to give the committee their daughters' names, fearing the stigma involved.

Boko Haram filmed a video in which they threatened to sell the students into slavery and as child brides. It also showed a couple of the girls describing their "conversion" from Christianity to Islam.

At least two have died of snake bites, a mediator who was liaising with Boko Haram told AP two months ago. At that time he said at least 20 of the girls were ill — not surprising given that they are probably being held in an area infested with malarial mosquitoes, poisonous snakes and spiders, and relying on unclean water from rivers.



http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/11-parents-nigerias-abducted-girls-die-24658613

How convenient.

Now the phantom girls can have Obi as their adopted Mum.

Rubbish!

GBTYO: How convenient.

Now the phantom girls can have Obi as their adopted Mum.

Rubbish!

wat is your point exactly?

hi success001

vikkytan:
hi success001

hi vikky

The whole situation is just an absolute tragedy honestly. I hope the girls are brought back soon.

*Spreads mat* waiting for people to comment.

Phantom Chibok 'girls' parents dying. Do this people think we are all fools? Unnamed sources bla bla bla... Everybody writing lies and rubbish from their offices. The parents, dont they have names?

I av said this several times and am saying it again "we don't have a president"

warrior01:
Phantom Chibok 'girls' parents dying. Do this people think we are all fools? Unnamed sources bla bla bla... Everybody writing lies and rubbish from their offices. The parents, dont they have names?

you are what yorubas cal "ode"

warrior01:
Phantom Chibok 'girls' parents dying. Do this people think we are all fools? Unnamed sources bla bla bla... Everybody writing lies and rubbish from their offices. The parents, dont they have names?

in the mighty name that is above every other name i pray that before this year runs out you will experience the kind of experience the parent of those girls are experincing

bangiskings:
in the mighty name that is above every other name i pray that before this year runs out you will experience the kind of experience the parent of those girls are experincing

Amen oo

sucess001:


Amen oo

Amen