Troops repel Boko Haram terrorists attack on Kangarwa

Salkida, Bolori, and Aisha Wakil were declared wanted on Sunday for their alleged ties to Boko Haram.

But Mrs. Wakil has not yet been quizzed, sources said.

The Army said the three individuals had committed offences that contravened the Terrorism (Prevention) Act of 2011, adding that they allegedly helped distribute Boko Haram propaganda materials.

“I am not scared of Boko Haram – they are not my God”, Ali said.

Boko Haram, which past year pledged allegiance to Islamic State, controlled a swathe of land in northeast Nigeria, around the size of Belgium, at the start of 2015 but was pushed out by Nigerian and regional troops, which are now in a final push to defeat the militants. Around 50 girls wearing headscarves can be seen behind a Boko Haram militant who calls for the release of fighters in return for the release of the girls. In a message of hope, Ali told her fellow pupils: “I think about them a lot – I would tell them to be hopeful and prayerful”.

He pointed out that the previous government fell into the hands of merchants, who had no idea of where the girls were but merely used their names to receive billions of dollars from the Presidency.

Usman said the military rescued five people held by the jihadists in the village of Dogon Chikun early Monday during an operation to clear the area of Islamists.

Under the arrangement, the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, was to play the role of a facilitator in the exchange of the Boko Haram commanders for the missing girls and neither the government nor the terrorists were to be involved in the exchange.

While Ali had not heard about the video, she said Boko Haram had told the abducted girls that everyone was looking for them.

Asked how she felt about becoming a mother herself while in captivity, her face clouds over and, speaking through an interpreter, she insists: “I don’t want to answer”.