Islamist terror group Boko Haram has released a video appearing to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.
Around 50 girls wearing headscarves were seen behind one of the group’s militants who demanded the release of fighters in return for the kidnapped schoolgirls.
The extremist group seized 276 Nigerian girls from their school in the northern town of Chibok in April 2014.
Some 219 of the teenagers are believed to remain in captivity.
This is the third video said to show the girls since they were captured.
The footage showed the militant carrying out a staged interview with one of the girls, who calls herself Maida Yakubu and says she is from Chibok.
The girl is prompted by her interviewer to urge the government to release imprisoned Boko Haram militants.
Speaking in the Kabaku language, she said: "What I can say is that our parents should take heart.
"Talk to the government so that we can be allowed to go home.”
The Independent reported that it is understood the girls featured in the video are with a breakaway faction led by group leader Abubakar Shekau.
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