Boko Haram leaders said today that children they had abducted would be released if imprisoned militants were released.
The Nigerian Interior minister Abba Moro, told the BBC that the government would not agree to any kind of swap deal.
The US and UK last week pledged to support efforts in rescuing the schoolgirls.
The Nigerian Interior minister Abba Moro, told the BBC that the government would not agree to any kind of swap deal.
“As far as this government is concerned, the option of swap of innocent citizens with people who have taken arms against the country is not on the table,” said Moro.The US state department said that its intelligence experts were closely examining the footage for clues to the girls’ whereabouts.
The US and UK last week pledged to support efforts in rescuing the schoolgirls.