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Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Kidnapping Nigerian Schoolboys

Timothy Obiezu

   ABUJA - Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility
   Tuesday for the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys last Friday in
   northwestern Nigeria.

   Nigerian authorities have yet to respond to the claim. However, the
   Katsina State governor on Monday said he had begun negotiating with the
   kidnappers.

   Security expert Kabir Adamu believes bandits, not Boko Haram, abducted
   the schoolboys.

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