Boko Haram has released a video showing schoolboys purportedly abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.
The group had claimed responsibility for the December 11 abduction of over 300 boys from the schools.
HumAngle posted a fresh video on Thursday showing teenagers believed to be the Kankara schoolboys.
In the six minutes 30 seconds video, the boys said some of them have been killed and pleaded with the government to respond to the demands of the terrorists, including paying ransom so they could be set free.
The boys were all covered in dust.
Speaking in both English and Hausa, one of the boys said they were 520 in number but some of them were killed because the government sent troops to rescue them.
He urged the Federal Government to settle amicably with their abductors and advised against the use of military force in rescuing them.
“We have been caught by the gangs of Abu Shekau; some of us were killed,” he said.
A voice behind the camera could be heard telling the pupil what to say.
Leader of the group Abubakar Shekau spoke at the end of the video, saying he was happy with the operation.
He said many people thought he was lying when he claimed responsibility for the abduction.
“Even if I didn’t say anything, here are my people speaking and here are your boys speaking too,” he said.
