Boko Haram releases video of gun wielding Chibok girls, bombs University of Maiduguri

Terror group, Boko Haram has released a purported video of a group of Chibok girls seen wearing a black veil holding guns.

The three-minute video shows the Chibok schoolgirls who refused to be rescued as part of a recent swap deal with the Nigerian government.

The video shows a lady who claims to be Maida Yakubu, one of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014, wearing a black veil and holding a gun.

When asked by a man in the background why she doesn’t want to go back home to her parents, the woman flanked by three other women clad in black replied thus: “The reason is that they live in the town of unbelief. We want them to accept Islam.”

Read also: Released Boko Haram commander threatens Buhari, vows to bomb Abuja

In a related development, a security guard was killed and a soldier was also left injured when two suicide bombers attacked the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID).

According to a source, the incident happened at 1am on Saturday morning even as the suicide bombers also lost their lives in the incident.

“A male and female suicide bomber struck at the mechanical works department of the university,” the source said.

“One security guard was killed and a soldier injured. The injured soldier has been taken to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.”

Reports say the bodies of the dead victims have been evacuated by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA).

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