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Monday 17 Nov 2014 - 12:45 Makkah mean time-24-1-1436 Abuja (IINA) – The Nigerian army has regained control of the north-eastern town of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram militants more than six months ago, army officials said.
Nigerian army spokesman Brigadier General Olajide Olaleye said that Chibok was regained on Saturday, about 48 hours after it had been captured by Boko Haram.
“Chibok is firmly in the hands of the Nigerian army,” he said, urging the residents to return to their homes.
The town of about 60,000 in Nigeria’s Borno state had been captured by Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday night. Thousands of residents fled when the rebels entered the town shooting from pick-up trucks and motorcycles.
Two days later Chibok was recaptured by the Nigerian troops, said Colonel Sani Usman, deputy director of army public relations.
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