Patricia Kebirungi
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| Chibok girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram |
A video released by Islamist group Boko Haram appears
to prove that some of the school girls kidnapped two years ago from the town of
Chibok on April 14, 2014, are still alive.
The video sent to the Nigerian Government shows about
15 girls in black robes saying that they were from the Government Girls
Secondary School in Chibok and were pleading with the Nigerian government to
cooperate with Boko Haram on their release.
The girls were filmed saying they were being treated
well but wanted to go home and be with their families. Some of those filmed
have been identified by their parents and is the first footage of the girls to
be seen since May 2014.
However, 57 of the 276 girls kidnapped
managed to escape but 219 are still missing, despite a global campaign triggering the global social media campaign #bringbackourgirls.
The kidnapping of the girls has become a political
issue in Nigeria with the government and military criticized for their handling
of the incident and failing to track down the girls.
No
member of Boko Haram was visible in the video and local officials were not
immediately available to give details on how they received the video.
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