A mother of an abducted Nigerian
schoolgirl has identified her daughter in a video posted by Islamist rebels
that showed dozens of girls in captivity, a school leader said on Tuesday.
The mother watched the video on
television on Monday evening and spotted her daughter among the girls sitting
on the ground and wearing veils, said Dumoma Mpur, parent-teachers association
chairman at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria.
The leader of rebel group Boko
Haram, Abubakar Shekau, issued the video on Monday offering to release more
than 200 schoolgirls, who were kidnapped from the school in a raid on April 15,
in exchange for prisoners held by the government. It was not immediately
apparent when the video of the girls was filmed. “The video got parents
apprehensive again after watching it but the various steps taken by the
governments and the coming of the foreign troops is boosting our spirit, even
though I have not seen the any one soldier in Chibok yet,” Mpur told Reuters by
telephone.
The Nigerian government said it was
exploring all options in its effort to rescue the girls. The United States and
Britain have sent experts to help with the search and Nigeria has sent two
divisions to the northeastern border region.
No comments:
Post a Comment