They Demand £40m To Release Chibok School Girls

Boko Haram has reportedly demanded a nearly £40m ransom for the return of the missing Chibok girls.

This Thursday will mark the second anniversary of the abduction of 276 female students from their boarding school in Chibok in northern
Nigeria by the terror group.

Some of the girls were able to escape their captors but the whereabouts of 219 remains unknown despite a worldwide social media campaign, #bringbackourgirls, to put pressure on the Nigerian military to act.
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Citing anonymous sources close to the terror group, the Sunday Telegraph says Boko Haram secretly approached the Nigerian government to negotiate the release of the girls.

The source said the terror group asked for 10bn naira - or £36m - for their release.

A month after the kidnap, the group’s leader, Abubakr Shekau, said he would release the girls in exchange for the release of several jailed militants.

A deal along those lines was brokered by the Red Cross but broke down when the government said it did not have the named militants in custody.