Two Abducted School Girls Die, Others Critically Ill

A man who claimed to be an intermediary of the dreaded Boko Haram sect has alleged that two of the girls who were abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State in a night raid by the insurgents have died from snakebite. 20 of the abducted girls are also said to be critically ill. The said intermediary also claimed that those who were Christians among the missing girls had been forced to convert to Islam. This is coming not long after the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau released a video claiming responsibility for the abduction of the girls,adding that it was Allah who sent him to do so. He however did not reveal the number of girls nor where they were being held hostage.