Exactly two years after over 230 girls were abducted by Boko Haram at Government Secondary School Chibok in Borno state on 14 April 2014 while the girls were writing the Senior Secondary School Examinations, the terrorist group as posted an online video showing about 15 of the girls abducted where they were covered in islamic regalia.
The video was shared by CNN where some parents were called to identify the girls in the video and according to CNN reporter the identity of the girls was confirmed by the parents interviewed. They were looking fresh and without tension. The girls according to the video posted were unperturbed and generally looking relaxed in contrast to feara and aprehension that they were been maltreated tortured or raped.
In the CNN report the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed confirmed that the federal government has seen the video and they are evaluating the authenticity and source of the video. He said their are negotiations going on between the federal government and Boko Haram but refused to give details and level of negotiations due to sensitivity and security of the information, he however reiterated the Government's desire to get the girls back alive noting that Government will do everything within its power to return the girls to their family.
Although the Federal Government denied any ransom proposed by the Boko Haram for the release of the girls. It was gathered that the girls specifically in the video urged the government to meet the demands of the dreaded group for their release.
The video was shared by CNN where some parents were called to identify the girls in the video and according to CNN reporter the identity of the girls was confirmed by the parents interviewed. They were looking fresh and without tension. The girls according to the video posted were unperturbed and generally looking relaxed in contrast to feara and aprehension that they were been maltreated tortured or raped.
In the CNN report the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed confirmed that the federal government has seen the video and they are evaluating the authenticity and source of the video. He said their are negotiations going on between the federal government and Boko Haram but refused to give details and level of negotiations due to sensitivity and security of the information, he however reiterated the Government's desire to get the girls back alive noting that Government will do everything within its power to return the girls to their family.
Although the Federal Government denied any ransom proposed by the Boko Haram for the release of the girls. It was gathered that the girls specifically in the video urged the government to meet the demands of the dreaded group for their release.
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