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Boko Haram demands '$50m ransom' for release of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls
[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... is seeking a ransom of nearly £40m for the release of the 219 schoolgirls that it kidnapped from the Nigerian town of Chibok two years ago, sources close to the group have told The Sunday Telegraph.
The group's leader, Abubakr Shekau, had previously demanded the release of placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! comrades in exchange for the girls. But a deal along those lines - brokered by the Red Thingy - fell through after Nigerian prison officials said that commanders on a list given to them by Boko Haram were not in their custody. Details of the new ransom request emerged ahead of the second anniversary of the girls kidnapping on the night of April 14, 2014, when they were kidnapped by Boko Haram gunnies posing as soldiers. Despite their case receiving global attention because of the celebrity-backed #bringbackourgirls campaign on social media, diplomats and sources close to the negotiations say they are no closer to knowing the girls' whereabouts. The Nigerian military has made significant gains against Boko Haram in the last 18 months, raiding a number of the sect’s camps in Nigeria's vast Sambisa forest, and freeing at least 1,000 women and kiddies taken in other mass abductions. Yet in none of the raids have any rescued prisoners or captured fighters been able to give any convincing accounts of meeting or seeing any of the Chibok girls.
Posted by: Fred 2016-04-10 |
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