Boko Haram plans to sell the schoolgirls they kidnapped about three weeks ago.
Abubakar Shekau who seems to be the lerder of the gang sent a video obtained by the AFP news agency, here he made it clear to the public that his group had taken the girls.
Investigations tell that about 230 girls are missing, prompting widespread criticism of the Nigerian government.
Lots of life have been taken by the Boko Haram group since 2009.
The girls were taken from their school in Chibok, in the northern state of Borno, on the night of 14 April. Boko Haram, which means “Western education is forbidden” has staged numerous previous attacks on educational institutions in northern Nigeria.
"The girls should not have been in school in the first place but rather to get merried" this was said by, Abubakar Shekau the boko haram leader on the video.
“God instructed me to sell them, they are his properties and I will carry out his instructions,” he said.
However, BBC Hausa Service editor Mansur Liman points out that the Boko Haram leader did not state the number of girls abducted, nor where they were taken or are now.
Assurances from President Goodluck Jonathan have done little to convince Nigerians of the government’s commitment to freeing the girls, says our correspondent.
Protest organiser detained
Meanwhile, a woman who helped organise protests over the abduction was detained and later released.
Naomi Mutah was taken to a police station after a meeting called by First Lady Patience Jonathan.
Mrs Jonathan reportedly felt slighted that the girls’ mothers had sent Ms Mutah to the meeting instead of going themselves.
Analysts say Mrs Jonathan is a politically powerful figure in Nigeria.
Ms Mutah, a representative of the Chibok community, organised a protest last week outside parliament in Abuja.
The protesters, and many Nigerians, feel the government has not done enough to find the abductees.
The girls were in their final year of school, most of them aged 16 to 18.
Pogo Bitrus, another Chibok leader, told the BBC he had been to the Asokoro police station where Ms Mutah is reported to have been taken but could find no written record of her being there.
He described the detention as “unfortunate” and “insensitive”, adding that he hoped Mrs Jonathan would soon “realise her mistake”.
Mr Bitrus noted that Mrs Jonathan has no constitutional power to order arrests.
The AP news agency quotes another community leader, Saratu Angus Ndirpaya, as saying that Mrs Jonathan accused the activists of fabricating the abductions to give the government a bad name.
She also said the First Lady accused them of supporting Boko Haram.
In a TV broadcast on Sunday, his first comment on the abductions, President Jonathan said he did not know where the girls were but everything was being done to find them.
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