Renowned Boko Haram negotiator identifies abductors of 110 schoolgirls

LAGOS, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- A renowned human rights activist and lawyer based in the restive northeast city of Maiduguri, Aisha Alkali Wakil has appealed to the abductors of 110 Dapchi School Girls to release the young female captives.

Aisha Wakil, a former member of the Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the northern region of Nigeria, told reporters in the Borno State capital on Tuesday that she was convinced that the Abu Musab Al-Barnawi-led faction of Boko Haram might be responsible for the abduction.

The lawyer had, in previous efforts, brought military officers and Boko Haram Commanders together during negotiations.

She was also credited to the release of some abductees from the Boko Haram sect via phone calls to the leadership, including some Chibok girls.

Aisha Wakil told PRNigeria, a local media based in Abuja, Nigeria's capital that she was ready to sacrifice her life to rescue the girls from abductors.

Disturbed about the latest abduction of 110 students, Aisha has renewed her commitment to fight to end the Boko Haram insurgency.

Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack and abduction, it is believed that it was the work of the militant group, Boko Haram.

The group has claimed responsibility for terror attacks in northern Nigeria and other parts of the country. A total of 276 girls were seized by Boko Haram's armed men who stormed their dormitories on the night of April 14, 2014, at the Girls Secondary School in Chibok town of Borno State.

Only 107 of the Chibok girls have been rescued or returned amid ongoing government negotiation with Boko Haram.

The United Nations believes Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 innocent people since 2009 through terror attacks. Enditem