I’ll sell abducted girls, says B’Haram leader, Shekau

The terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday claimed responsibility for the April 14 abduction of over 267 pupils of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State. TheAgence France-Pressequoted the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, as making the claim in a video the agency said it obtained. Shekau, in the video, also threatened to sell off the abducted girls in defiance of international outrage that greeted the kidnapping of the girls from their hostel. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the seizure of the girls barely 24hours after President Goodluck Jonathan told the nation that no group had claimed responsibility for the abduction. Also, the President’s wife, Patience, has expressed doubt about the authenticity of the kidnapping. “We the Nigerian women are saying that no child is missing in Borno State. If any child is missing, let the governor go and look for them. There is nothing we can do again,”Mrs Jonathan told the women who met with her in the Presidential Villa on Monday. But, Shekau was quoted to have said, “I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah.” He spoke just as the Daily Telegraph of London reported that a former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is now a UN special envoy on education, led calls for Western governments to assist with the rescue of the girls.