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Boko Haram Leader ‘Abubakar Shekau’ Denies Ceasefire, Claims Chibok Girls Have Converted To Islam, Married Off

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Boko Haram has denied any form of agreement to a ceasefire in a new video obtained on Friday, October 31, 2014 by AFP, describing the claims as a false and claiming such negotiation will never happen.

The leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, also said that the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote northeast town of Chibok, in Borno state, on Sunday April 13, 2014 had been converted to Islam and have been married off.

Speaking further, Shekau claimed that his group were holding a German national, who was kidnapped in Adamawa state in July, 2014 a hostage.

A presidential aide to President Goodluck Jonathan had on Friday, October 17, 2014 said agreement had been reached to free the schoolgirls, whose abduction sparked global concerns and demands for their release.

There was doubt about the claims as evident of previous talk of ceasefires and the missing identity of the purported Boko Haram envoy at the supposed talks, Danladi Ahmadu.

Invasions and kidnappings  have however continued unabated since the announcement, including the bombing of a bus station in the northern city of Gombe on Friday, October 31, 2014 that killed at least ten even as Nigeria’s government still maintains that talks were ongoing in Ndjamena, the Chadian capital,.

According Shekau, who denied the supposed talk, speaking in Hausa, stated that theyhave not made ceasefire agreement with anyone.

“We did not negotiate with anyone, It’s a lie. It’s a lie. We will not negotiate. What is our business with negotiation? Allah said we should not,” he said

Shekau also said he does not know Danladi Ahmadu.

In the purported video, Shekau talked about the Chibok girls for the first time since a video obtained on Monday, May 5, 2014, when more than 100 girls were shown in an unknown location dressed in the hijab and reciting verses from the Koran.

“Don’t you know the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls have converted to Islam? They have now memorised two chapters of the Koran,” he said.

Shekau had previously warned that he would sell the girls as slave brides and also suggested that he would be prepared to release them in exchange for Boko Haram prisoners.

In the latest video, he said as he was laughing: “We have married them off. They are in their marital homes.”

 

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