No one cares for us.
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The video was posted on social media by the group Boko Haram.
The mass abduction in April 2014 brought Boko Haram to the world’s attention and even got the participation of United States first lady Michelle Obama in the #Bring Back Our Girls social media campaign, promising her husband would do all in his power to help liberate them. She also says that 40 have been “married” to fighters. We want them back irrespective of their condition.
The girl is prompted by her interviewer to urge the government to release imprisoned Boko Haram militants. These attacks have been part of Buhari’s efforts, since he came to power in May 2015, to neutralize Boko Haram. “We don’t want to do anything with these girls – our demand remains the same”, he says.”We want the government to release our fighters who have been in detention for ages; otherwise, we will never release these girls”.
Madam Oby Ezekwesili, who is a founder of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) organization, says that this group can go to the Presidential Villa every day if it is necessary in order to rescue girls. More than 200 are still missing.
In the video, one young woman issues a collective address to the families of the kidnapped schoolgirls. The commander accuses Nigeria’s government of killing some Chibok captives in air strikes.
The girls are not the only victims of kidnappings and other atrocities by Boko Haram.
Another video, which emerged in April this year, showed only 15 of the girls.
“Seeing my baby standing with a terror [ist] with. ammunition around his neck is not easy for a mother”, Esther Yakubu, whose daughter, Maida, was among 270 schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago, told CNN.
“Finally, the Army is aware that I am not in Nigeria presently”, said the journalists whose whereabouts could not be ascertained. While 57 managed to escape over the course of the ensuing months, the majority remain unaccounted for and are believed to remain in captivity.
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The militants’ initial abduction of 276 girls from Chibok in April 2014 drew worldwide attention, including from the Obama White House, with the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. According to a UNICEF report, more than 5,000 children have been separated from their parents, and some 1,800 schools have been forced to close-overall, some 1.3 million children’s lives have been impacted by Boko Haram violence. “We are being extremely careful because the situation has been compounded by the split in the leadership of Boko Haram”, said Nigerian Information Minister Alhaji Mohammed. Representatives of the government have declared that they are in contact with authors of video, but have noticed that at first they have to be convinced whether they really are those who hold schoolgirls.
