#BringBackOurGirls - Part 1 | 14

In April 2014, Grace Danladi Saleh had moved to her husband’s hometown of Chibok, Nigeria.

He husband, Idrisa Danladi Saleh, was the town’s doctor and cared for the community.

On April 14, 2014, Grace said she heard loud noises and their home began to shake. Her husband went to investigate.

That night 276 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram and in the days and weeks following the abductions, international outrage began to mount.

A campaign called Bring Back Our Girls became the rallying cry in Nigeria and abroad, with the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag tweeted by hundreds of thousands of people, including former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama.

On this episode of Global News’ What happened to…?, Erica Vella finds out what happened the night of the abductions, but also looks into how the insurgency group started and how the Bring Back Our Girls campaign helped shed light on an issue that had many people in Nigeria living in fear.

Contact:

Twitter: @ericavella

Email: erica.vella@globalnews.ca

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