MAIDUGURI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A video circulating on social
media on Thursday purportedly showed Islamist militant group
Boko Haram with some of the hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped
last week in northwest Nigeria.
The video, featuring Boko Haram's emblem, showed a group of
boys in a wood begging security forces to leave the area.
Reuters was not able to immediately verify the authenticity of
the footage, the boys shown or who released it.
A spokesman for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari did not
immediately respond to a call and messages regarding the video.
The group claimed responsibility for the Dec. 11 kidnappings
earlier this week, but previously had shown no proof. If its
claims are true, Boko Haram's involvement in northwestern
Katsina state marks a geographical expansion in its activities.