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Boko Haram Ready To Swap 30 Chibok Girls For Commanders by danielmichael(m): 7:45pm On Sep 11, 2014
According to The Nation, they want to exchange the
female students kidnapped in April for 18 key sect
members currently in detention.
Some disagreements appeared last night however
as the Nigerian authorities wanted Boko Haram to
release all the 219 girls missing for almost 5
months, while the latter agreed to free only 30.
It has been gathered from the sources that the
group directed a list of its commanders and the
names of students to be swapped to the Civil Rights
Congress President, Comrade Shehu Sani.

The emergence of swap possibility is believed to
have appeared after there were held secret talks
between a government delegation and a Boko
Haram commander identified as Umar, who is being
detained in Kuje Prison in Abuja.
The source was quoted saying:
“Some top officials met with Umar about two weeks
ago in Kuje Prison to discuss issues connected to
the fate of the Chibok girls. We heard some inmates
sharing this information that the sect might swap
the girls with Umar and others. But all the details
are still secret because Umar keeps to himself a lot.”
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Another source claimed the negotiations had been
successful adding that the sides had agreed on the
deal.
“The delegation had a fruitful negotiation with Umar,
who is one of the highly-rated commanders of Boko
Haram. The group assured Umar of a swap and he
has been looking forward to it. The sect has given a
list of 18 of its members to be swapped with the
abducted Chibok girls.”
Some security operatives have allegedly warned the
government that the release of 30 girls was a
dangerous move when there was “no full assurance
that all the girls will be released”.
One of the sources said:
“So, technically, the release of 30 girls was
unacceptable to the government based on the
advice of some security agents.”
However another source added:
“You can see why Nigerians should stop blaming
Boko Haram from continuously keeping these girls
in captivity. What is of concern now is to get even
these 30 girls out to prove to the whole world that
they are alive.”
Sani when contacted refused to provide any
comment on the issue last night.
It would be recalled that Sani, who has experience
of direct negotiations with Boko Haram, shortly after
the abduction predicted that the insurgents
might use the girls as means of releasing their
comrades-prisoners rather than kill the hostages.
Soon the militants’ leader Abubakar Shekau released
the video showing the students and provided the
option to swap the girls for Boko Haram prisoners.
Sani was among those who urged the authorities to
accept the deal.
The “swap” saga was surrounded by numerous
controversies, with some sources saying that the
government made a U-turn when the deal was close
to being secured and other sources insisted that the
deal was stopped by the insurgents.
More than 200 female students were abducted on
April 14. Despite the interference on international
powers, human rights activists, military forces and
social campaigners, the majority of the girls are still
missing.
Re: Boko Haram Ready To Swap 30 Chibok Girls For Commanders by danielmichael(m): 8:54pm On Sep 11, 2014
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Re: Boko Haram Ready To Swap 30 Chibok Girls For Commanders by mrramadan(m): 9:33pm On Sep 11, 2014
danielmichael: According to The Nation, they want to exchange the
female students kidnapped in April for 18 key sect
members currently in detention.
Some disagreements appeared last night however
as the Nigerian authorities wanted Boko Haram to
release all the 219 girls missing for almost 5
months, while the latter agreed to free only 30.
It has been gathered from the sources that the
group directed a list of its commanders and the
names of students to be swapped to the Civil Rights
Congress President, Comrade Shehu Sani.

The emergence of swap possibility is believed to
have appeared after there were held secret talks
between a government delegation and a Boko
Haram commander identified as Umar, who is being
detained in Kuje Prison in Abuja.
The source was quoted saying:
“Some top officials met with Umar about two weeks
ago in Kuje Prison to discuss issues connected to
the fate of the Chibok girls. We heard some inmates
sharing this information that the sect might swap
the girls with Umar and others. But all the details
are still secret because Umar keeps to himself a lot.”
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Another source claimed the negotiations had been
successful adding that the sides had agreed on the
deal.
“The delegation had a fruitful negotiation with Umar,
who is one of the highly-rated commanders of Boko
Haram. The group assured Umar of a swap and he
has been looking forward to it. The sect has given a
list of 18 of its members to be swapped with the
abducted Chibok girls.”
Some security operatives have allegedly warned the
government that the release of 30 girls was a
dangerous move when there was “no full assurance
that all the girls will be released”.
One of the sources said:
“So, technically, the release of 30 girls was
unacceptable to the government based on the
advice of some security agents.”
However another source added:
“You can see why Nigerians should stop blaming
Boko Haram from continuously keeping these girls
in captivity. What is of concern now is to get even
these 30 girls out to prove to the whole world that
they are alive.”
Sani when contacted refused to provide any
comment on the issue last night.
It would be recalled that Sani, who has experience
of direct negotiations with Boko Haram, shortly after
the abduction predicted that the insurgents
might use the girls as means of releasing their
comrades-prisoners rather than kill the hostages.
Soon the militants’ leader Abubakar Shekau released
the video showing the students and provided the
option to swap the girls for Boko Haram prisoners.
Sani was among those who urged the authorities to
accept the deal.
The “swap” saga was surrounded by numerous
controversies, with some sources saying that the
government made a U-turn when the deal was close
to being secured and other sources insisted that the
deal was stopped by the insurgents.
More than 200 female students were abducted on
April 14. Despite the interference on international
powers, human rights activists, military forces and
social campaigners, the majority of the girls are still
missing.


So what about the other hundreds they have been kidnapping on daily basis? Ages 12-40

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