Boko Haram's latest video has Chibok girls saying they will not return

A screenshot from the video

Islamist militants Boko Haram yesterday released a new video purporting to show at least 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in April 2014. At least three of the group were seen carrying babies. One of the students said: "We are the Chibok girls... By the grace of Allah, we will not return to you." It was not clear when or where the latest message was recorded or whether those who appeared on camera were under duress.

But the woman speaking, her face covered by a veil, said they had all been married by Boko Haram factional leader Abubakar Shekau. "We live in comfort. He provides us with everything. We lack nothing," she added. Shekau is also seen in the video, firing a heavy machine gun and making a 13-minute-long sermon.

The jihadists seized 276 students from the Government Girls Secondary School on April 14, 2014, triggering global condemnation. Fifty-nine of them managed to escape in the hours that followed. A total of 107 girls have now been either found, rescued or released as part of government negotiations with the Islamic State group affiliate.

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