ICC Note: A Nigerian journalist claims to have information that only 30 of the 113 Chibok girls still believed to be in captivity are alive. Ahmad Salkida reported previously that the number was only 15, but has said that he has receive better information. He believes that the other 83 girls have died in captivity.

04/19/2018 Nigeria (Sahara Reporters) – Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist with access to the top echelon of the Boko Haram has said contrary to his earlier claim, 30 out of the 113 Chibok girls still in custody of the insurgent group are still alive.

Salkida, had in a series of tweets on Saturday, April 14, the fourth anniversary of the abduction of the girls said only 15 of the abductees still in custody of the insurgent group are still alive.

He said then that 98 of the girls had died in captivity.

“Many of the girls have died as a result of crossfire and bombardments of the security forces that no doubt were intent on rescuing them. I regret to state here that only 15 out of the 113 #Chibokgirls are alive today, based on my investigations in the last three months,” he had written.… 

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