The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement has urged the Federal Government to release the findings of the 2014 Brigadier General Mohammed Sabo-led Fact-Finding Committee on the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls.
In a statement on Sunday, by its spokesperson, Jeff Okoroafor, the group criticised past and present administrations for withholding the report, despite filing Freedom of Information requests.
The statement partly read: ‘The #BringBackOurGirls movement wishes to remind the President Bola Tinubu administration of its constitutional duty to protect all citizens.
To this effect, the administration has a duty to provide an account of the status of the rescue of the remaining Chibok girls to their families and the Nigerian people. We reiterate the importance of bringing closure for the families of the remaining 78 missing schoolchildren.
‘Critically, the President Tinubu administration, like its predecessors, has failed to release the Sabo Fact-Finding Committee Report, despite our movement’s request, including through an FoI process’.
The group recalled that on the night of 14 April 2014, 276 schoolgirls were abducted by terrorists from Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State.
Following global outrage and mounting pressure, then-President Goodluck Jonathan set up the Sabo Committee on 6 May 2014, to investigate the incident.
The committee’s report, submitted on 20 June 2014, confirmed the abduction, noting that while 57 girls escaped, 219 remained missing at the time.
More than a decade later, BBOG reports that 141 of the originally missing girls have regained their freedom, with many resuming their education, while 78 girls remain unaccounted for, raising concerns that some may have been assimilated into terrorist enclaves.
The statement added: ‘The Sabo Committee submitted an investigation report on 20 June 2014’, to the Government of Nigeria, confirming that 276 Chibok girls were indeed abducted on the night of 14 April 2014. The committee’s report further stated that 57 of the abducted girls escaped, and officially declared 219 Chibok schoolgirls missing.
‘As of today, 10 February 2025’, 141 of the 219 missing Chibok girls have returned, with the majority resuming their education.
‘Most tragically, 78 remain missing and unaccounted for by the Government of Nigeria, while informal sources suggest that they may have integrated into life within terrorist enclaves’.
The movement therefore urged President Tinubu’s administration to fulfil its constitutional responsibility by providing an update on the search for the remaining girls.
Okoroafor also urged citizens to join the BBOG in demanding a comprehensive public disclosure of the tragedy and the release of all investigations conducted into the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls on 14 April 2014.
