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For Abducted Girls, School Was Their Best Chance For Better Life

For Abducted Girls, School Was Their Best Chance For Better Life

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Educating girls is a sin in eyes of Boko Haram, and one schoolgirl who escaped from her Islamist terrorist abductors a month ago said she will never go back to school in Chibok, Northern Nigeria.

One of hundreds of schoolgirls abducted from their beds, the girl told CNN she wanted to be a doctor. Now it seems far out of reach.

For many of the stolen schoolgirls, school was a way to get out of the shadow of Boko Haram which has terrorized parts of Northern Nigeria for years.

One father who escaped in bush with his family the night of the Boko Haram attack told CNN he is still shaken.

“Fear is everywhere,” he said. “There’s a big question mark over every parent over where to take their children to school. No one can afford to give up a daughter.”

He told CNN he wants his daughters to be lawyers, doctors and engineers.

“When I see one of those people doing their jobs I have high hopes for my daughters,” he said.