Nigeria Government Reacts to Boko Haram New Video Showing Chibok Girls Alive

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Nigeria Government Reacts to Boko Haram New Video Showing Chibok Girls Alive

Following the release of a fresh video of Boko Haram militants displaying the missing Chibok schoolgirls, the Nigerian government has released a statement saying it is negotiating with the faction holding the girls.

Reacting to the latest video of some of the girls, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said government is in touch with those purportedly behind the video.

''We are on top of the situation. But we are being extremely careful because the situation has been compounded by the split in the leadership of Boko Haram. We are also being guided by the need to ensure the safety of the girls.

''Since this is not the first time we have been contacted over the issue, we want to be doubly sure that those we are in touch with are who they claim to be,'' he said.

He also expressed the hope that the latest development will signal the beginning of the end of the nightmare to which the girls, their families and indeed all Nigerians have been subjected since the unfortunate abduction.