The father of a kidnapped Nigerian 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.
See details plus more photos below:
This week it 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.
The group, which wants to impose Islamic law on Nigeria, has
killed more than 1,500 people this year
in a campaign of bombings and massacres.
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.
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