Mother IDs Her Daughter In Boko Haram Video Of Nigerian Schoolgirls

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
13 May 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Conflict, Peace and Security

A mother of an abducted Nigerian schoolgirl has identified her daughter in a video posted by Islamist rebels that showed dozens of girls in captivity, a school leader said on Tuesday. Dumoma Mpur, the parent-teachers association chairman at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria said the mother watched the video on television on Monday evening and spotted her daughter among the girls sitting on the ground and wearing veils.

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