A video released by the group on Tuesday featured 15 girls claiming they were from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok and pleaded with the Nigerian government to cooperate with Boko Haram on their release, Reuters reports.
The girls in the video said though they were being treated well but wanted to go and re-unit with their families.
According to the report, two mothers, Rifkatu Ayuba and Mary Ishaya said they recognised their daughters, Saratu and Hauwa, in the video, while a third mother, Yana Galang, identified five of the missing girls.
Speaking with the Thomson Reuters Foundation after a video screening by officials in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Galang said, “The girls were looking very, very well.”
“They were definitely our daughters, all we want is for the government to bring back our girls,” adding that all the girls were wearing hijab in the video.
No member of Boko Haram was visible in the video and local officials were not immediately available to give details on how they received the video.
Stating that no member of Boko Haram was visible, Galang said, “We only heard a man’s voice and saw his finger pointing at the girls one after the other.”
Galang noted that the girls spoke in Hausa language and Kibaku, the local Chibok language in the video.
She further stated that one of the mothers of the girls, Ayuba was relieved to see her daughter as she had heard a rumour that she had been killed shortly after the abduction by the terrorist group.
“She was very happy to see her daughter in the video, her daughter is alive,” Galang said
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