".. we have indeed liberated them. These girls have become Muslims" New Vid. Shows Kidnapped Girls Reciting Shahada, Boko Haram's Jihadi Chief Makes An Offer To Swap Girls For Imprisoned Militants

Islamist militants Boko Haram have released a video apparently showing about 130 girls kidnapped from a school in northern Nigeria on 14 April.



Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said the children would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed.

Three of the girls - wearing full-length cloaks - are shown speaking in the 27-minute video, obtained by French news agency AFP.



Two girls say they were Christian and have converted to Islam, while the other says she is Muslim.



"These girls, these girls you occupy yourselves with... we have indeed liberated them. These girls have become Muslims," Abubakar Shekau says in the video.



He said his offer to swap the girls for imprisoned militants only referred to the children who had not converted to Islam.



It is thought the majority of the abducted girls are Christians, although there are a number of Muslims among them.

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