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BOkO HARAM: Missing Nigerian schoolgirls 'married off'
Boko Haram chief denies ceasefire claim and says
kidnapped schoolgirls have converted to Islam
and married.
Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said
the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote
town of Chibok in Nigeria's northeast in April have
converted to Islam and been married off.
Shekau made the remarks in a video obtained by
the AFP news agency on Friday.
"Don't you know the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls
have converted to Islam? They have now
memorised two chapters of the Koran," he said.
"We have married them off. They are in their
marital homes," he added.
In a previous statement the group's leader
threatened to sell the girls as slave brides and
also suggested that he would be prepared to
release them in exchange for Boko Haram
prisoners.
-Ceasefire claims denied-
Shekau also said the group was holding a German
national and denied they had agreed to a
ceasefire, describing the Nigerian government
statement as a lie. He also appeareed to rule out
future talks.
The video comes after a surprise Nigerian military
and presidency announcement on October 17
that a peace deal had been reached with the
group.
A senior presidential aide to President Goodluck
Jonathan also said that an agreement had been
reached to free the schoolgirls, whose abduction
sparked a global campaign for their release.
There was immediate scepticism about both
claims because of previous assertions of
ceasefires and the identity of the purported Boko
Haram envoy at the supposed talks, Danladi
Ahmadu.
-Fresh attacks-
Violence and fresh kidnappings have continued
unabated since the announcement, including a
triple bombing of a bus station in the northern
city of Gombe on Friday that killed at least eight.
Nigeria's government maintains that talks are
ongoing in the Chadian capital, Ndjamena.
But Shekau, dressed in military fatigues and boots
with a black turban, and flanked by 15 armed
fighters, said: "We have not made ceasefire with
anyone..."
"We did not negotiate with anyone... It's a lie. It's
a lie. We will not negotiate. What is our business
with negotiation? Allah said we should not."
He also said he did not know Danladi.
There was no indication of when or where the
video was shot but it was obtained through the
same channels as previous communications from
the group.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in
a report this week that Boko Haram was holding
upwards of 500 women and young girls and that
forced marriage was commonplace in the group's
camps.
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