A mother of an abducted
Nigerian
schoolgirl has identified
her
daughter in a video
posted by
Islamist rebels that
showed dozens
of girls in captivity, a
school leader
said on Tuesday.
The mother watched the
video on
television on Monday
evening and
spotted her daughter
among the
girls sitting on the ground
and
wearing veils, said
Dumoma Mpur,
parent-teachers
association chairman
at Government Girls
Secondary
School in Chibok,
northeastern
Nigeria.
The leader of rebel group
Boko
Haram, Abubakar Shekau,
issued the
video on Monday offering
to release
more than 200
schoolgirls, who were
kidnapped from the
school in a raid
on April 15, in exchange
for
prisoners held by the
government. It
was not immediately
apparent when
the video of the girls was
filmed.
"The video got parents
apprehensive
again after watching it
but the
various steps taken by the
governments and the
coming of the
foreign troops is boosting
our spirit,
even though I have not
seen the
any one soldier in Chibok
yet," Mpur
told Reuters by telephone.
The Nigerian government
said it was
exploring all options in its
effort to
rescue the girls. The
United States
and Britain have sent
experts to
help with the search and
Nigeria
has sent two divisions to
the
northeastern border
region.
Agency
Title : MOTHER IDENTIFIES HER DAUGHTER ON VIDEO OF ABDUCTED NIGERIA
Description : A mother of an abducted
Nigerian
schoolgirl has identified
her
daughter in a video
posted by
Islamist rebels that
showed dozens
of g...
