Boko Haram Releases New Video Of Chibok Girls, Gives FG Condition For Release

A journalist, Ahmed Salkida in a statement via twitter, claimed that the video was “exclusively” sent to him by the fighters.

“This is the second time Shekau has ordered a video of the girls to be released to the public, since the abduction of the girls 852 days ago.

“I’m studying the video of the #Chibokgirls that was sent exclusively to me before their abductors upload on it YouTube later. @BBOG_Nigeria’” Salkida said.

In the video, a masked terrorist who spoke in Hausa gave conditions for the release of the girls.

He said: ‘‘it pleased God to let us have these girls in our captivity for over two years now. Our first message is to the parents of the girls to let them know that their daughters are still with us; some of them.

‘‘I also want to tell them to beg the Nigerian government to release our brethren, especially those in Maiduguri, Lagos and Abuja and other places across Nigeria. They should be released immediately.

‘‘You all knew that we had the girls, but God never allowed you to know their location and you will never know by God’s grace. You keep lying in your media that you will rescue them; they have been with us for over two years, yet you don’t know where they are. You have been lying about these girls.

‘‘For over two years that we have been with these girls, about 40 of them have been married, some are dead as a result of airstrikes by infidels. We will show you a video of how your own aircraft dropped a bomb that killed some of these girls. Some of the girls have suffered fractures and other forms of injuries as a result of the air strikes.

‘‘As you can see, these are the girls, all we want is for you to release our brethren, otherwise, you will never get these girls, God willing. This is our message to the Federal Government and the parents of the Chibok girls.

‘‘As long as the government does not release our people, we will also never release these girls.”

Boko Haram has been blamed for killing over 20,000 people and displacing more than 2.6 million people since it launched its brutal insurgency in Nigeria in 2009.

President Muhammadu Buhari had declared Boko Haram “technically” defeated, adding that his success in office would be measured on the return of the girls.

“There have been a lot of incursions from reports that we have seen, of our military making incursions successfully into areas hitherto held by the insurgents.

“In addition to that, a number of other strategies that may not necessarily be on the pages of newspapers, have been undertaken,” Buhari said.

Watch original video of Chibok Girls released by Boko Haram below: