The Nigerian Army on Sunday declared three persons, including a woman, wanted in connection with the over 200 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram since 2014.

This is even as the the Federal Government said on Sunday that it is doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok girls and put an end to the horrible saga of their abduction.

Also, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said it is examining the latest video from Boko Haram group purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.

They three persons the Army declared wanted in connection with the over 200 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram since 2014 are a citizen journalist, Ahmed Salkida; Amb. Ahmed U. Bolori and Aisha Wakil.

Salkida, who is believed to have access to top Boko Haram commanders, and operates a twitter handle @ContactSalkida and blogs at www.salkida.com, had in the early hours of Sunday posted a video from the insurgeny group. Ahmed said on his twitter handle that the video was sent exclusively to him before the insurgents uploaded it on Youtube.

According to a statement issued by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, the wanted persons have information on the conditions and the exact location of those girls.

“Therefore, the Nigerian Army hereby declares the two gentlemen and the lady wanted for interrogation.

“We are relying on the relevant laws of the land, and in particular the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011 (as amended) where Nigerians could be punished for failure to disclose information about terrorists or terrorists” activities.

‪”This becomes necessary as a result of their link with the last two videos released by Boko Haram Terrorists and other findings of our preliminary investigations.

“There is no doubt that these individuals have links with Boko Haram Terrorists and have contacts with them.

“They must therefore come forward and tell us where the group is keeping the Chibok Girls and other abducted persons to enable us rescue them,” Usman said.

He called on all Nigerians and other peace-loving people to give useful information on the whereabouts of the suspects.

“We are also liaising with other security agencies for their arrest if they fail to turn up,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government said on Sunday that it is doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok girls and put an end to the horrible saga of their abduction.

The government gave the assurance against the backdrop of the latest video by the Boko Haram showing some of the girls.

Reacting to the video, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement in Abuja, said that the government is in touch with those purportedly behind the video.

He said: “We are on top of the situation. But we are being extremely careful because the situation has been compounded by the split in the leadership of Boko Haram.

“We are also being guided by the need to ensure the safety of the girls.

“Since this is not the first time we have been contacted over the issue, we want to be doubly sure that those we are in touch with are who they claim to be,” he said.

Mohammed, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Segun Adeyemi, expressed the hope that the latest development will signal the beginning of the end of the nightmare to which the girls, their families and indeed all Nigerians have been subjected since the unfortunate abduction.

Also, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said it is examining the latest video from Boko Haram group purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.

Some girls wearing headscarves, in the video, were seen behind a Boko Haram militant who demanded the release of fighters in return for freeing the girls. The militant also claimed that some of the girls have been killed in air strikes.

The Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, disclosed that the military is examining the video clip to verify its authenticity.

He said: “Currently we are studying the video clips to verify its authenticity and analysing the comments of the speakers in the video especially the terrorist member and the girl that spoke in mother tongue”.

Gen. Rabe also disputed allegations in the video that some of the kidnapped girls were hit by an airstrike.

He said: “It is extremely difficult and rare to hit innocent people during airstrike because the operation is done through precision attack on identified and registered targets and locations. The Precision Airstrike is very effective at taking out targeted enemies because it is not a random operation. We are nevertheless studying the video clips to examine if the victims died from other causes rather from the allegation of airstrike.