{"id":2645,"date":"2016-04-17T07:58:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T07:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2645-boko-haram-reportedly-demands-50million-for-the-release-of-219-chibok-schoolgirls\/"},"modified":"2016-04-17T07:58:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T07:58:20","slug":"boko-haram-reportedly-demands-50million-for-the-release-of-219-chibok-schoolgirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2645-boko-haram-reportedly-demands-50million-for-the-release-of-219-chibok-schoolgirls\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram reportedly demands $50million for the release of 219 Chibok schoolgirls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">Boko Haram is asking for a ransom of nearly $50 million from the Federal Government<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Boko Haram is asking for a ransom of nearly $50 million from the Federal Government.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">President Buhari: \u201cWe cannot claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls\u201dThe demand was made during secret contacts with the government<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The terror organization, Boko Haram, is asking for a ransom of nearly $50 million from the Federal Government for the release of the 219 Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the insurgents two years ago, according to The Sunday Telegraph of London.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The paper said it gathered from sources close to the sect that the demand was made \u201cduring secret contacts with the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has said he is willing to negotiate for the girls\u2019 freedom.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Although, it acknowledged the heightened effort of the military to crush Boko Haram it said, quoting President Buhari: \u201cWe cannot claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls and all other innocent persons held hostage by the insurgents.\u201d<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boko Haram is asking for a ransom of nearly $50 million from the Federal Government \u00a0 Boko Haram is asking for a ransom of nearly $50 million from the Federal Government. 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