ICC Note: Rumors abound these days speculating on the whereabouts of the more than 200 missing Chibok girls whom Boko Haram kidnapped in April 2014. The reignited fervor surrounding the topic resurfaced when former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo publicly opined that the present administration has been lying and providing false hope that the girls could ever be found. Amidst the chatter, the following video from VICE News provides exclusive access with a supposed Boko Haram fighter who claims to know the girls’ location. Most of the nearly 300 girls abducted almost two years ago are Christians now facing unimaginable horrors at the hands of their radical Islamist captors.

2/11/16 Nigeria (VICE News) – The more than 200 missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria nearly two years ago are allegedly being used as a bargaining chip by Boko Haram, according to a commander from the militant group that is waging a violent insurgency in the region. The students went missing overnight on April 15, 2014, when the Islamist group launched a midnight ambush on their school in Nigeria’s northern Borno State, and kidnapped 276 girls from their dormitories.

A vast hunt for them involving the Nigerian armed forces and support from the international community has so far yielded no results.

In an interview with VICE on HBO, a Boko Haram commander told correspondent Kaj Larsen that he knew where the  Chibok school girls are being held.

“I know where they are,” said the commander, who requested anonymity.

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