Boko Haram threatens to kill abducted girls if search is not stopped

Boko Haram men have threatened to kill the school girls they abducted
in the early hours of April 15th if the search for them continues.
This is after some Borno women under the auspices of BAOBAB Women's
Right said they are planning to storm the Sambisa forest where the
abducted girls are believed to be held.

The women said since efforts by the military to rescue the girls
haven't worked so far, it was time for them to take matters into their
hands as concerned mothers.

The Spokesperson for the group, Professor Hauwa Biu, told newsmen

"We are ready to go into the forest and search for the girls. In fact,
we are prepared to risk our lives and get up to Boko Haram camp and
appeal to them to release the children to us so that they can reunite
with their parents. There is nothing extraordinary in our quest to
enter the dangerous forest. We learnt that some men in Chibok had
earlier embarked on such mission, which later turned out to be
fruitless. We felt that as mothers, we are in a better position to
have the sympathy and concern over the fate of the missing girls. Our
target is not to fight the abductors, but we want to beg them to
release the girls in the name of the God that we all worship."