Video Shows Men Allegedly Taken by Boko Haram in Nigeria
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Three University of Maiduguri workers allegedly abducted by Boko Haram Islamist militants during an ambush on an oil exploration team pleaded in a YouTube video released Friday for the Nigerian government to meet their captors’ demands.
The video shows three men identifying themselves as staff at the university’s geology department. It was recorded on Friday and they are being held by a Boko Haram faction of Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader recognized by the Islamic State, said Solomon A. Yusuf, who spoke on behalf of the three in the video. They don’t say what their captors’ demands are.