Boko Haram release chilling video of missing Nigerian schoolgirls and reveal they have all been forced to convert to Islam

 The schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militant group Boko Haram have been paraded on video.The terror group said all of them had been converted to Islam while being held and all were shown wearing headscarfs.The group's leader said that it will release them in exchange for militant prisoners being freed.
Some girls on the 17-minute-long video, which was obtained by news agency AFP, spoke to camera, and looked extremely nervous. SEE VIDEO AFTER THE CUT



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The girls recite Islamic prayers during the clip as they sit in a group in a wooded area.
The video, which appeared to show around 130 girls, was aired after the governor of the Nigerian state from where the schoolgirls were kidnapped said that he knew where some of them are being held.

 Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno, said that he’d received reports of sightings of the girls and had passed on this information to the military.
Extremist group Boko Haram seized 276 girls who were taking exams at a school in Borno's north-eastern village of Chibok on April 14. Some managed to escape, but around 200 remain missing.
Mr Shettima told the BBC: ‘We've got reports of them being sighted in some locations – which we have conveyed to the relevant military authorities, for them to cross-check, verify and get additional information on the accurate location of the daughters.’
His comments came as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, called for negotiations with the terrorist group over the fate of the missing girls.
The Archbishop, who has acted as a hostage negotiator in Nigeria on behalf of the Church in the past, said the girls were at ‘colossal’ risk.‘They are in the hands of a very disparate group which is extremely irrational and difficult to deal with – and utterly merciless,’ he told BBC Radio Four’s The World This Weekend programme.

Deal: Boko Haram said the schoolgirls would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed

Abubakar Shekau said that the girls would never be released unless there is an exchange with prisoners

 Demonstration: Women protest outside Nigeria's parliament in Abuja, trying to prompt officials to bring back the schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants, Boko Haram

Support: David Cameron and CNN's Christiane Amanpour with the Twitter campaign's hashtag

Michelle Obama shared this photo of herself along with the caption 'Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families'

 Mrs Obama said she and the President were ‘outraged and heartbroken’ over the abduction.
‘In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters,’  she said, referring to Malia, 15, and Sasha, 12.
‘We see their hopes, their dreams and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now.’
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is under intense pressure to act, as he faces a growing threat from militants.

Hilary Clinton was among those who tweeted in support of the campaign, which encourages military intervention to recover the girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram rebels on April 14

Yesterday Boko Haram was blamed for a bridge blowing up and for further kidnappings.
Last week the Mail revealed British Special Forces were on standby to help rescue the girls.
That was despite resistance among senior military personnel to putting boots on the ground.

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