On Tuesday, a local Chibok elder told the AFP that some of the girls had been taken to neighbouring Chad and Cameroon. They were then sold as brides to Islamist fighters for 2,000 naira ($12) each, said Pogo Bitrus.
In an interview with the BBC, Bitrus said the community had been tracking the girls and has learned that, “one of the 'grooms' brought his 'wife' to a neighbouring town in Cameroon and kept her there," he said before adding, "It's a medieval kind of slavery".
According to Bitrus, 43 of the abducted girls had "regained their freedom" after escaping, while 230 were still in captivity.
The school's principal of the abducted school girls earlier said in a statement that 230 students were snatched and that 187 are still being held hostage.
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