Esther Yakubu, mother of one of the identified girls in the latest video by Boko Haram, says she is disappointed that the Nigerian government is not doing enough to secure her daughter’s release.
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There are a number of the girls, about 40 of them, that have been married, ‘ adds the man in the 11-minute video, which shows girls with veils sitting on the ground and standing in the background.
PRNigeria gathered that the Nigerian Airforce through its Component in Operation Lafiya Dole was focusing on sustaining air operations and providing support to ground troops of the Armed Forces’ strive to rid Nigeria of the Boko Haram insurgency.
In the video, which is the third since the students were taken, one woman appears to be holding a baby.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed said in a statement that the government is talking with “those purportedly behind the video”.
“If our members in detention are not freed, let the government and parents of the Chibok girls know that they will never find these girls again”, the fighter in the video said. Some 218 remain missing in the mass kidnapping that shocked the world and even brought US first lady Michelle Obama to participate in the #Bring Back Our Girls social media campaign, promising her husband would do all in his power to help liberate them.
“They have not done anything, if they have done something they have rescued one”.
The video was attributed to the original Boko Haram name, not the new Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), suggesting it was released by Shekau’s faction, although it is not known when it was filmed. But we are being extremely careful because the situation has been compounded by the split in the leadership of Boko Haram.
Throughout past year the military announced the rescue of hundreds of people, a lot of them women and children, who have been kidnapped by the Islamists.
But the missing schoolgirls were not among them, despite several unconfirmed sightings.
Abubakar Abdullahi, a spokesman for the Bring Back Our Girls movement, told the AFP news agency he had seen the video and that one of the girls has been identified. We are also being guided by the need to ensure the safety of the girls.
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“What I want to tell my parents and the federal government is that the federal government should please release Boko Haram members in custody of security agents so we too can be released”, she said.
