Community leader negotiating for the release of the remaining Chibok girls said about 104 of the girls are unwilling to leave their captors because of the stigma attached to their lives,been tagged as Boko haram wives .
Pogu Bitrus, Chairman of the Chibok Development Association,told mailonline that more than 100 others appeared unwilling to leave their captors,He was quoted as saying that they were ashamed to return home because they were forced to marry extremists and have their babies.
The freed girls according to Bitrus told their parents they were separated into two groups early on in their captivity and given the choice of joining the extremists and embracing Islam, or becoming their slaves.
The latter group – made up of 104 girls – never saw their classmates again.
Mr. Bitrus said they were used as domestic workers and porters but were not sexually abused. That group contains the 21 who were released last week and the 83 who the government said it is negotiating over
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