[Boko Haram] Shekau says "we will release the girls in exchange for Prisoners"

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram militants, said on Monday he would release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters in exchange for prisoners, according to a video seen by Agence France-Presse.

The French news agency said the 17-minute video showed about 100 girls wearing full veils praying in an undisclosed location. (Reporting By John Irish; Editing by John Stonestreet)

The leader of the terrorist Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau has reportedly demanded an exchange of the Chibok girls for members of his group in custody of Nigeria’s security agencies.

In a new video released by Islamist militants, released on Monday, about 100 girls believed to be some of the 234 school girls, kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, were seen reciting the Koran.

According to BBC, Shekau, disclosed that the girls had been converted to Islam, and would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed.

In the 17-minute video, obtained by French news agency AFP, three of the girls are shown speaking while all the girls are wearing the full-length hijab.

Two girls say they were Christian and have converted to Islam, while the other says she is Muslim.

The girls reportedly appeared calm and one said that they had not been harmed.
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