FILE - Some of the escaped kidnapped girls of the government secondary school Chibok arrive for a meeting with Borno state governor, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Monday June, 2. 2014. Their experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola, File)
FILE - Freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga leave a van upon arrival at the government house in Kaduna, Nigeria, Monday, March 25, 2024. Their experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu, File)
FILE- People gather to welcome then-recently freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga upon arrival to reunite with there parents in Kuriga, Nigeria, Thursday, March 28, 2024. Their experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/Olalekan Richard, File)
FILE- Then-recently freed Chibok schoolgirls sit with their children at the Army Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, May 4, 2023. Their experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola, File)
FILE - Chibok schoolgirls, freed some years ago from Nigeria extremist captivity, are seen in Abuja, Nigeria. Monday May 8, 2017. Their experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
FILE - Chibok schoolgirls freed from Boko Haram captivity are seen in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday May 7, 2017. Seven years after Boko Haram extremists abducted more than 270 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria, two of the more than 100 still being held by the rebels returned this month, renewing the hope of parents who have all but given up on the long wait for the return of their children. Some of the affected parents said they remain hopeful that they will reunite with their children in Borno State, where the Boko Haram insurgency has lasted for more than a decade. (AP Photo/ Olamikan Gbemiga, File)
Mary Peter, mother of Jennifer Peter, who was kidnapped with others in her school by gunmen in March 2021, sobs during an interview with The Associated Press in Kaduna, Nigeria, Tuesday, March, 26, 2024. The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children including Jennifer's 10-year-old cousin, Treasure, who was held captive for more than two years. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
FILE - Security walk past the burned government secondary school Chibok where gunmen abducted more than 200 students in Chibok, Nigeria, Monday, April, 21. 2014. In Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/ Haruna Umar, File)
Jennifer Peter, who was kidnapped with others in her school by gunmen in March 2021, play with her mobile phone in Kaduna, Nigeria, Tuesday , March, 26, 2024. The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children including Jennifer's 10-year-old cousin, Treasure, who was held captive for more than two years. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
FILE - A group of men identified by Nigerian police as Boko Haram extremist fighters and leaders are shown to the media, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. His experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region.(AP Photo/Jossy Ola, File)
Jennifer Peter, who was kidnapped with others in her school by gunmen in March 2021, speaks during an interview in Kaduna, Nigeria, Tuesday, March, 26, 2024. The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children including Jennifer's 10-year-old cousin, Treasure, who was held captive for more than two years. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
FILE - Freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga sit upon their arrival at the state government house in Kaduna, Nigeria, Monday, March 25, 2024. Their experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/Habila Darofai, File)
Mary Peter, mother of Jennifer Peter, who was kidnapped with others in her school by gunmen in March 2021, listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Kaduna, Nigeria, Tuesday , March, 26, 2024. The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children including Jennifer's 10-year-old cousin, Treasure, who was held captive for more than two years. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
FILE- Jummai Mutah, left, and Amina Ali, Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped in 2014 by Islamic extremists and later released, attend a 10th anniversary event of the abduction in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, April 4, 2024. Their experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/Mansur Ibrahim, File )
FILE - Then-recently freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga gather upon arrival to reunite with their parents after more than two weeks in captivity, in Kuriga, Nigeria, Thursday, March 28, 2024. Their experience represents a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear even as nearly 100 of the girls remain in captivity. An array of armed groups now focus on abducting schoolchildren, seeing in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly-policed northwestern region. (AP Photo/Olalekan Richard, File)