Apart from the abduction of 276
Chibok School girls nearly two years ago, the Human
Rights Watch (HRW) asserts that ‘’about 400 women and children, including
at least 300 elementary school students were also abducted by Boko Haram from
the town of Damasak in Borno State between March 13 and 15, 2015’’. HRW
recounts that the Damasak abduction is the largest documented school abduction
by Boko Haram militants even though it drew less public attention and outrage
than that of the Chibok girls in April 2014.
