Chibok is a
Local Government Area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
of
Borno State
Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...
,
Nigeria, located in the south of the state. It has its
headquarters
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in the town of Chibok.
Landscape
It has an area of 1,350 km²
Population
It has a population of 66,105 at the 2006
census, who are majorly
Kibaku people
The Kibaku people are an ethnic group inhabiting the Chibok Local Government Area, in eastern Borno State in Nigeria.
Origin
The Kibaku people are a conglomeration of the ethnic and culture of Babir/Bura, Kanuri, Kilba, Margi, Shuwa, and Fula ...
.
Language
Most of the villages including mbalala were all speaking the
Kibaku language
Cibak (variously rendered ''Chibuk, Chibok, Chibbak, Chibbuk, Kyibaku, Kibbaku, Kikuk'') is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 200,000 who are majorly Kibaku people in Nigeria.
Cibak is spoken in Askira/Uba, Chibok and Damboa local govern ...
.
History
It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the
Borno Emirate, a
traditional state
Traditional authority is a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a regime is largely tied to tradition or custom. The main reason for the given state of affairs is that " things have always been that way".Reinhard Bendi ...
in Borno State, northwest Nigeria.
In January 2015, the BringBackOurGirls group aired concerns over plans by the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to exclude Chibok and some communities currently under the control of
jihadist group
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...
from receiving permanent voter cards (PVCs) for the
2015 general election.
Boko Haram
In April 2014, nearly 300 girls, most of whom were
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
,
were abducted from Chibok by Boko Haram.
In May 2014, Boko Haram
attacked Chibok again.
In November 2014, it was reported that Boko Haram had taken control of the town and implemented
Sharia law
Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the Five Pillars of Islam, religious precepts of Islam and is based on the Islamic holy books, sacred scriptures o ...
. The
military announced a few days later that they had recaptured the town.
References
Further reading
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Local Government Areas in Borno State
Populated places in Borno State