he radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram who abducted over 234 school girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, may have abandoned its brethren exchange for the kidnapped girls position, as it plans to commence the release of the girls from next week, Telegraph, a United Kingdom (UK) newspaper reported.
* Abducted School Girls
The international paper who made this known in an exclusive said the terrorists were ready to start a “gradual” release of its hostages in exchange for its detained members, but had abandoned demands for the swap because they think it would be politically impossible for the government to do so.
It would be recalled that last week an undisclosed source said, a senior Islamic cleric from the north would be appointed to negotiate with the government on behalf of the sect, and the cleric had since been joined by a former aide to one of the sect's founder, but non of them had been named for security reasons.
The federal government had earlier reiterated that it would not negotiate with the faceless sect, but a source claimed that secrete dialogue had been ongoing for several days now.
"Contrary to the public rejection of any swap deal by the Nigerian government, there are some on-the-ground talks taking place" the source said, adding that "an agreement was reached about two or three days ago in principle to start releasing some prisoners".
According to the source, the prisoners that the Islamist solicit their release would include wives and families of insurgent fighters, whom were taken into custody by the government as part of efforts to put emotional pressure on the sect members.
"The group also has a list of lower-level fighters that it wants released as well, but they are not high-profile ones" the source said.
The source disclosed that the sect was prepared to commence a gradual release of about 100 of the over 234 kidnapped girls starting from coming week.
"Depending on how the other side responds, the girls will be released in small groups. They will be left at a certain safe location and the authorities will then be told as to where they can pick them up from" he said.
The source further revealed that the sect leaders had been upset by the declaration of “war” at the Paris summit, pointing out that the assertion could make them withdraw their offer.
Mohammed Bulama, Borno State acting Commissioner for Information when asked if the state government was aware of the recent development said, only security agencies could give such information to the state government.
When contacted for confirmation on the recent development, Major-General Chris Olukolade, the Defence Headquarters spokesperson, replied with a text message, saying: "I am in a meeting".
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