The father of a kidnapped Chibok schoolgirl has revealed photographs of his daughter pictured before she was snatched by blood-crazed Boko Haram fanatics. Mary was taken alongside her closest friend who lives next door to her.
Speaking to ITV News, Mary's father said he is desperate with worry and the thought of what his daughter is going through. Five of his nieces have also been snatched by the militant group Boko Haram which is holding 276 female students. Continue to see photos after jump...
Speaking to ITV News, Mary's father said he is desperate with worry and the thought of what his daughter is going through. Five of his nieces have also been snatched by the militant group Boko Haram which is holding 276 female students. Continue to see photos after jump...
This week Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, released a video showing around 100 of the girls and said they will only be freed after the government releases jailed militants. Mary's father was shown the video in the hope he may recognise his own child or nieces.
Despite not seeing his own daughter he did recognise a girl, he believes to be around 16 or 17, who lives opposite to his family's home. He told ITV News that he did not trust the offer made by Boko Haram to release the girls in exchange for prisoners.
Despite not seeing his own daughter he did recognise a girl, he believes to be around 16 or 17, who lives opposite to his family's home. He told ITV News that he did not trust the offer made by Boko Haram to release the girls in exchange for prisoners.
Mary (left)with her best friend(right) who was also kidnapped
Boko Haram's kidnapping of schoolgirls at a boarding school in northeast Nigeria last month has focused international attention on the extremist group amid outrage that most of the girls have not been rescued Nigeria's government, which has repeatedly denied allegations that it was slow to respond to the mass abduction, had initially suggested there would be no negotiations with Boko Haram.
photo of the schoolgirls before they were kidnapped
