The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group has said women and children rescued from Boko Haram captivity currently face discrimination from their communities.

The group further said the members of the communities where the women and children were rescued called them Boko Haram wives.

This was disclosed during a monthly press briefing by the coordinator of the BBOG group, Aisha Yesufu, to mark the 700 days since the abduction of the Chibok girls.

According to her, “women and children rescued from Boko Haram captivity are facing stigmatisation and discrimination. The women are unfairly termed Boko Haram wives.”

While expressing hope of the safe return of the girls, she said in four weeks’ time, it would be exactly two years since their abduction.

“In exactly four weeks from today, it will be two full years since the abduction of our Chibok girls in their school on April 14, 2014. We are hopeful of their rescue before then.

“Irrespective of what may come to be, whether they are successfully rescued or not, we shall mark the milestone with a global week of action starting Friday April 8, through to Thursday April 14. The symbolism of what our Chibok girls represent must never be lost on us,” she said.

While commending the efforts of the  Nigerian military, the BBOG coordinator further expressed confidence that normalcy would return to the North-East following the present counter-insurgency.