Boko Haram has released a video demanding the release of all militants held by the government
in exchange for the return of about 220 still-missing Nigerian girls,
many of whom appear in the video praying and wearing full-length hijabs,
according to Agence-France Presse.
AFP, which obtained the video, reports that it features the Islamist militant leader Abubakar Shekau speaking
for about 17 minutes before showing footage of some of the missing
girls praying in an unknown location. In the video, Shekau claims that
those abducted have converted to Islam.
The BBC adds
that three girls speak during the video. Two say they were Christians
who have converted to Islam, and one simply described herself as a
Muslim. The three appear calm and one said they have not been harmed by
the violent abductors.
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