A negotiator has revealed that Boko Haram sect is offering to free more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted from a boarding school in exchange for the release of their members.
The proscribed Boko Haram sect is offering to free more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted from a boarding school in exchange for the release of militant leaders held by the government, a ‘negotiator’ told The Associated Press.
Abducted Chibok girls
The negotiator said Boko Haram’s offer is limited to the girls whose mass abduction in April 2014 ignited worldwide outrage and a campaign to “Bring Back Our Girls” that stretched to the White House.
The initiative reopens an offer made last year to the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan to release the 219 students in exchange for 16 Boko Haram detainees, he said.
The man, who was involved in negotiations with Boko Haram last year and is close to current negotiators, spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to reporters on this sensitive issue.
“Another window of opportunity opened,” in the last few days, according to Fred Eno, who has been negotiating with Boko Haram for more than a year.
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