Nigerian militant group Boko Haram
has seized the northeastern town of
Chibok, the home of more than 200
schoolgirls the group kidnapped earlier
this year.
Pogo Bitrus, chairman of the Chibok
elders' forum, tells VOA that militants
attacked the Borno state town late
Thursday afternoon. He says locally-
based soldiers and civilian fighters put
up a fight but were outgunned by a
large Boko Haram force.
Bitrus, speaking by phone from Abuja,
said fighting continued overnight,
adding that a military contingent from
the town of Damboa was headed to
Chibok on Friday. He said, "The fight, I
believe, is not finished yet."
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