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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 13 Apr 2016

    #Chibokgirls 2 years on, at least 270 still missing. Have all avenues of finding them being explored?pic.twitter.com/dkeWb4zVVp

    5:17 AM - 13 Apr 2016
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      2. Andy Martin‏ @Dollarlogic 15 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @sammyanyona Hey wait a minute, Mrs Obama held up a sign. Was she expected to do something else?pic.twitter.com/R7ahrgNWwO

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      3. Sammy Adawo Anyona‏ @sammyanyona 15 Apr 2016
        Replying to @Dollarlogic

        @Dollarlogic @BBCAfrica a show of solidarity.

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      4. Andy Martin‏ @Dollarlogic 15 Apr 2016
        Replying to @sammyanyona

        @sammyanyona @BBCAfrica yes--a show--only a show

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      5. Sammy Adawo Anyona‏ @sammyanyona 15 Apr 2016
        Replying to @Dollarlogic

        @Dollarlogic @BBCAfrica well that's one way of looking at it.

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      1. Unrepentant Optimist‏ @KwiyuhM 13 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Can you please propose your avenues that should be exploited to recover our #Chibok girls #BBOGNOW, Go beyond reporting!

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      1. Charles Orji‏ @2014Orji 16 Apr 2016
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        @BBCAfrica good question. #4Demands

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      1. AndreaHosanna‏ @francis_odinaka 15 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica it puzzles how 270 people will disappear without a trace despite all efforts at finding them whether dead or alive.

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      1. parkHERE‏ @pH_4parkhere 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica #Chibokgirls how can sooo many people disappear - find them

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      1. aisha‏ @aishamohamedxo 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @MotoChening

        @WaaqaXarami abayoo first respect Islam secondly we pray towards the kaabah thirdly they are hostages how can you just "get them?"

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      1. miel. 🍯‏ @Jafricanting 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica 2 years ago and you're reporting as if all 270 girls are still being held captive. Smdh.

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      1. miel. 🍯‏ @Jafricanting 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica and the ones that didn't return did so on their own will because they were either now married or pregnant. Stop the LIES.

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      1. Akachi Justice‏ @AkachiJustice 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica This is a SCAM used by the ruling party to sabotage the former government. Call me up on any Media I will proof my position

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      1. Michelle B‏ @producerforum 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica No they have not!

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      1. Wale‏ @Adewaleogunberu 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica What if Chibok girls were President, ministers and senators children, would they still be in Sambisa forest?

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      1. Davie Nkhoma‏ @mayamiko85 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica boko haram is just a grouping of few individuals. But seems no one cares. I fault UN for taking zero initiative to rescue them

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      1. Syed Raza Ali‏ @SyedRazaAli6 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Those girls were lost for being defenseless. They are still defenseless!

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      1. Magufulification‏ @PeterDafi 13 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Siku wakipatikana Watakuwa wanawatoto Wachanga na Wengine Mimba Kubwa manake hao Bokoharam wamewageuza Wake zao hao! #toobad

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      1. deadly sinner‏ @OYUGIJAMES1 13 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica more than fifty countries in Africa can't join to search for those girls or there is nothing like girls kidnapped....

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