Nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria by Islamist militants could be released in exchange for jailed comrades, a former negotiator has reportedly said.
The group snatched the girls from their boarding school in Chibok in the lawless Borno region in the north of the country.
A former mediator who once brokered peace talks with the group has told the Telegraph he believes the video, where Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau threatens to sell the girls as slaves, shows he plans to use them as ‘bargaining chips’ rather than kill them.
At least this should give the parents of the kidnapped family hope to hold on as we all pray for their safe return.
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