Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls ‘Married Off’ by Boko Haram
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Schoolgirls abducted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram group have converted to Islam and been “married off” to militants, according to a new video message.
A man claiming to be the Islamist group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appeared in the 13-minute video and denied that a truce had been agreed with the government or that Boko Haram had started talks to free the abducted schoolgirls. The Nigerian military has repeatedly said it killed Shekau in its operations against Boko Haram.