Boko Haram sets Price for the release of 83 girls

A source close to the negotiations confided in MUB that unlike the 21 girls, who were freed by the sect, to test government’s level of commitment and sincerity, the release of the remaining girls may be based strictly on
ransom payment and freedom for no fewer than 16 of Boko Haram commanders by the government.

The government, it was learnt, was eager to get the remaining 83 girls, reportedly held by a top leader of the sect in an undisclosed location in the North East.

 Of the 219 girls still missing, a source said that only 104 were left in the captivity of the sect while the rest had long been married off by top commanders and converted to Islam.

“The truth is that those Chibok girls are now Boko Haram members, having married the sect members and become radicalised,” the source said.