Nigeria’s military says more than 700 people abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram have escaped captivity in the northeast of the country.
Army spokesman, Col. Timothy Antigha, said the escaped captives were given shelter at a military holding facility in the northeastern town of Monguno, in Borno state.
Antigha did not say over what time period the captives escaped or whether or not they are still being sheltered by the military. There has been no independent verification of the army’s claim.
In a statement, Antigha said the abductees included men, women and children, and he said most were forced to work as farm laborers by the insurgents on various islands in Lake Chad. He said the military was monitoring the…
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