Remember the kidnap of about 276 girls in Northern Nigeria that triggered
the global social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls, involving US first lady
Michelle Obama and a host of celebrities?
Apparently, Boko Haram has released a video that appeared to
show some of the schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago from the town of Chibok.
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| Kidnapped Chibok girls |
The video, apparently filmed in December, was sent to the
Nigerian government and shows 15 girls in black robes identifying themselves as
pupils abducted from the school.
Some of those filmed have been identified by their parents. It is the first footage of the girls to be seen since May
2014.
Shortly afterwards they released a video of them and
demanded a prisoner exchange.
Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, said the girls had
converted to Islam and he threatened to force them into marriage with his
fighters or sell them into slavery. As the months passed, about 57 students managed to escape
but at least 219 are still missing.
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| Mother of one of the missing girls |
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