Others have escaped into the Sambisa Forest, which borders their school in Chibok town and is a known hideout of militants of the Boko Haram terrorist network. Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sinful," believes Western influences are corrupting and wants to install an Islamic state in Nigeria. Nigeria's military has remained inexplicably absent from Chibok, Kubo said, describing residents' "displeasure" that no security forces have come to secure the area since the attack. The Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj.