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Nigeria Rejects Swap Of Boko Haram Prisoners For Schoolgirls
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the idea of a swap of Boko Haram prisoners for schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the Islamist group a month ago, Britain’s minister for Africa said after talks with him in Abuja on Wednesday.
“He made it very clear that there would be no negotiations with Boko Haram that involved a swap of abducted schoolgirls for prisoners,” Mark Simmonds told a news conference.
The Islamist group, which is holding more than 200 girls, posted a video on Monday offering to release them in exchange for prisoners held by the government.
Boko Haram militants, who are fighting for an Islamist state, stormed a secondary school in the northeastern village of Chibok on April 14 and seized 276 girls who were taking exams. Some have managed to escape, but about 200 remain missing.
The abductions have triggered a worldwide social media campaign under the Twitter hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, and prompted the United States, Britain, France and Israel to offer help or send experts to Nigeria.
Britain offered further help to Nigeria including a surveillance plane and the offer was accepted, Simmonds said.
Posted by Kunda
on May 14, 2014. Filed under AROUND AFRICA.
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Dictators' Club
May 15, 2014 at 12:10 am
Namulala?
Billy Banda
May 15, 2014 at 9:28 am
If you can’t defit them, then do the swaping to save the life of enocent girls.
Ernest
May 15, 2014 at 10:39 am
Nigeria’s security is very weak and leaves much to be worked on after this incident, may God save u dear girls.
bryan sichula
May 15, 2014 at 10:51 am
I WISH IT WAS IN ZAMBIA WE WUD VE NOT GIVEN THOSE IDIOTS A CHANCE.THINK OF WAT IS HAPPENING TO THE GIRLS!PUT YO HEADS 2GETHA QUICKLY.
Chapwa
May 15, 2014 at 5:35 pm
Ask TB Joshua where the girls are. He is the only one who knows.
He even knows where the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is.
Man of God
May 15, 2014 at 11:00 pm
Do anything which will bring back the children bwana Jonathan
Kapuli wa ng'ongo
May 16, 2014 at 12:10 am
After all the hallabaloo in March and April everybody is quiet about the Missing Flight MH 370.
Pumulo
May 16, 2014 at 9:12 am
Why can’t tb Joshua deal with the book harram crap
Shut up
May 16, 2014 at 12:40 pm
Shut up and Stop putting the Man of God’s name to ridicule and pray to God for the release of the Girls.