ICC Note: On April 14^th, 2015 a group of 276 female students were kidnapped in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria by the extremist group of Boko Haram. Chibok is primarily a Christian village and many of the girls that were abducted have been forced to convert to Islam and to marry with members of the terrorist group. In August 2016, Boko Haram released a video with some of the girls holding babies in the back, to demand the release of their jailed fighters in exchange for the girls’ freedom. Consequently, the #BringBackOurGirls Group, will be holding a press conference on September 30, to mark the 900^th day of the captivity of the Chibok girls.  

9/26/2016, Nigeria (All Africa) – The #BringBackOurGirls Group (BBOG) has made public its intention to mark the 900th day of the Chibok girls in Boko Haram’s captivity with a press conference.

The group in a statement made available to the media weekend, hinted that a press conference scheduled for Friday, September 30, would be held to mark the 900th day of the Chibok girls’ abduction.

One of the leaders of the group, Aisha Yesufu, according to the statement, disclosed that the press conference is to cut across their demands as well as a formal response to the federal government’s press briefing held on September 16, 2016.

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