Boko Haram denies truce with Nigerian government or plan to free Chibok girls
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Hopes that the 219 adbucted Chibok schoolgirls were about to be freed have been dealt a blow after Boko Haram denied it had agreed to a truce with the Nigerian government.
In a video released last night, the group's leader Abubakar Shekau said there was no ceasefire and claimed the girls had been 鶹APPmarried off鶹APP.
鶹APPThe issue of the girls is long forgotten because I have long ago married them off,鶹APP he said in the film released to the Associated Press. 鶹APPIn this war, there is no going back.鶹APP
Agence France Press also said it had received a video from Boko Haram yesterday 鶹APP the 200th day since the girls were kidnapped.
AFP said it showed Shekau flanked by 15 gunmen, saying: 鶹APPWe have not made ceasefire with anyone鶹APP We did not negotiate with anyone鶹APP It's a lie. It's a lie. We will not negotiate. What is our business with negotiation? Allah said we should not.鶹APP
He added: 鶹APPDon't you know the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls have converted to Islam? They have now memorised two chapters of the Koran.
鶹APPWe have married them off. They are in their marital homes.鶹APP
The Nigerian government and military said on October 17 . Chief of defence staff Alex Badeh announced the ceasefire and a senior aide to President Goodluck Jonathan said the girls would soon be set free. Members of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign tweeted at the time: 鶹APPWe are monitoring the news with huge expectations.鶹APP
Violence has continued since the ceasefire announcement. The next day, from two villages in northeastern Nigeria.
A said forced marriage is commonplace in Boko Haram and claimed the group is holding more than 500 women and young girls.
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