Lagos—UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms Zainab Bangura, yesterday decried reported rape and forced marriages of female captives of Boko Haram.

Bangura lamented in a statement signed by her Office’s Advocacy and Women’s Rights Specialist, Ms Letitia Anderson, that one year after the Chibok girls abduction, many were still in captivity.

“Over a year since the extremist group Boko Haram abducted 276 teenage girls in Chibok, Borno State, in Nigeria, many still remain in captivity.

“I am appalled by reports that hundreds of the recently released female captives were repeatedly raped by Boko Haram militias and compelled to “marry” their captors.