BEVERLY HILLS, January 15, (THEWILL) – Boko Haram insurgents have released a new video purporting to show at least 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in April 2014.
At least three of the girls were seen carrying babies while one of the girls said: “We are the Chibok girls. By the grace of Allah, we will not return to you.”
It was not clear when or where the latest message was recorded or whether those who appeared on camera were under duress.
The 20-minute-long video is the first video of the girls since May last year when a woman claiming to be one of the 219 schoolgirls was seen holding a gun and also refusing to return to her parents.
The woman speaking with her face covered by a veil said they had all been married by Boko Haram factional leader Abubakar Shekau.
“We live in comfort. He provides us with everything. We lack nothing,” he stated.
Shekau is also seen in the video, firing a heavy machine gun and making a 13-minute-long sermon.
The insurgents had seized 276 students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state on April 14, 2014, triggering global condemnation.
59 of them managed to escape in the hours that followed while a total of 107 girls have now been either found, rescued or released as part of government negotiations with the group.
